Comments for ALOYSIUS:

Dutch pronunciation is ah-lo-EE-see-us. Also spelled Aloïsius in Dutch. [noted -ed]

-- X-Mar  2/18/2006

Aloysius is my grandfather's middle name and he's always pronounced it al-o-wish-us. I don't know if that's an approved alterantive pronunciation. He may pronounce it that way because of his Irish accent.

-- hana  3/20/2006

A fictional bearer is Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast, the brilliant FBI agent who is in many of the books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

-- dramaelf  3/29/2006

Aloysius was the name of Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.

-- annasui  8/10/2006

Let's not forget, the most lovable bearer of this name is Sesame Street's Aloysius Snuffleuppagus, known rather oddly, given his childlike personality, as Mr. Snuffleuppagus. And also affectionately called Snuffy by his pal, Big Bird.

-- Starla Roxanne  9/11/2006

We also may mention Aloysius Bertrand, a French poet who wrote "Gaspard de la Nuit", wich inspired Beaudelaire from his "Spleen de Paris".

-- angelin  9/12/2006

If I would have a son I would definitely pick Aloysius to be his name. It's a wonderful name. Sounds so kindhearted and original.

-- Anonymous User  12/7/2006

St. Aloysius Gonzaga is the patron saint of AIDS care-givers and AIDS patients.

-- ScarletCrow  1/25/2007

In Peewee's Playhouse, there is a dog which Peewee finds and owns throughout one epsoide. He names it Aloysius. This is the first time I heard the name, so obviously, it's one of the first things I think of. But I still like it.

-- spaz123  10/22/2007

Sounds like an old grandad to me and it's even more hideous than Albert and Arthur or even Ada and Agnes, the grandma names. Plus I find a name like Aloysius a bit too elaborate in both spelling and sounds (as opposed to the other four names). Lastly, this name may be confused somewhat with the title of the 1980s British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo.

-- freeserve.co.uk  10/31/2007

Al-oh-wish-us is the pronunciation most often used in English, and the one that I have heard the most, since it is a name used by many of my "Great" relatives and the deacon at my parish (we call him Deacon Al.) The other pronunciation A-loy-see-us, as seen in the description of the name on this site, is a Dutch pronunciation.

-- jazzbunnie  12/6/2007

Patrick Aloysius Ewing is a former National Basketball Association player, and a member of the NBA hall of fame.

-- lorinkoch  3/27/2009

The shortened, or slang for Aloysius, is Losh (low-sh or lah-sh). This is my name that I inherited from my great grandfather.

-- Losh  4/28/2009

The German pronunciation is ah-LOI-zee-uws. [noted -ed]

-- mafiosa  8/6/2009

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