Alphonsus

Gender Masculine
Usage Gothic (Latinized)
Scripts 饜尠饜尭饜尠饜尰饜崋饜尶饜尳饜崈(Gothic)

Meaning & History

Latinized form of the Gothic name *Aþalfuns (see Alfonso). This name was borne by Saint Alphonsus Liguori, an 18th-century Italian bishop who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church.

Related Names

VariantAþalafuns
Other Languages & CulturesAlfons(Catalan) Alfons, Fons(Dutch) Alphonso, Alphonzo, Lon, Lonnie, Lonny(English) Alonzo(English (American)) Alphonse(French) Afonso(Galician) Alfons(German) Adalfuns(Germanic) Alfonz(Hungarian) Alfonso(Italian) Funs, Funske(Limburgish) Afonso(Portuguese) Alfonz(Slovak) Alfonz(Slovene) Alfonso, Alonso(Spanish)

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Categories

footballers, nobility, saints
Entry updated December 7, 2022