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View Name: Ildefonso


ILDEFONSO
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Spanish
Meaning & History
Spanish form of the Visigothic name Hildefons, which meant "battle ready", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and funs "ready". This was the name of a 7th-century saint, an archbishop of Toledo.
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VARIANT: Alfonso
OTHER LANGUAGES: Alfons, Hildefons (Ancient Germanic), Alfons, Fons, Funs, Funske (Dutch), Alphonso, Alphonzo (English), Alphonse (French), Afonso (Galician), Alfons (German), Alphonsus (History), Alfonso, Alonzo (Italian), Alfons (Polish), Afonso (Portuguese), Alfonz (Slovene)
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