Alphonso

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.

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Alphons (Latinized Alphonsus, Adelphonsus, Adefonsus) is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739-757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Hispanic and Portuguese royal families.
It is derived from a Gothic name, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from Aþalfuns, composed of the elements aþal "noble" and funs "eager, brave, ready", and perhaps influenced by names such as Alafuns, Adefuns and Hildefuns. It is recorded as Adefonsus in the 9th and 10th century, and as Adelfonsus, Adelphonsus in the 10th to 11th. The reduced form Alfonso is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form Afonso from the early 11th.
Variants of the name include: Alfonso (Spanish and Italian), Alfons (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish and Scandinavian), Afonso (Portuguese), Alphonse, Alfonse (Italian, French and English), etc.

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Masc. proper name, from Spanish Alfonso, from a Germanic source (compare Old High German Adalfuns, from adal "noble;" see atheling + funs "ready"). The Alphonsine tables (1670s) are named for Alphonso the Wise, 13c. king of Castile, who had them compiled.

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Cognate of the French Alphonse: noble and ready, ready for a fight. Combine of adal (noble) and funs (ready).

Alonso, Alphonzo, Alphons

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Alphonso Davies	2000	Football player
2	Alphonso Williams	1962	American singer
3	Alphonso McAuley	1984	American actor
4	Alphonso Taft	1810	American diplomat
5	Alphonso Johnson	1951	American musician
6	Alphonso Ford	1971	Professional basketball player
7	Alphonso Jackson	1945	13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
8	Alphonso Smith	1985	American football player, defensive back, cornerback
9	Roland Alphonso	1931	Ska musician
10	Alphonso Lingis	1933	American philosopher
11	Alphonso DeNoble	1946	American actor
12	Alphonso de Spina	1412	Spanish bishop
13	Alphonso Carreker	1962	American football player
14	Alphonso Hart	1830	American politician
15	Leopold Alphonso	1991	Association football player
16	Alphonso Hodge	1982	Player of American and Canadian football
17	Alphonso of Brienne	1225	Count of Eu
18	Alphonso Martin	1956	British musician
19	Alphonso Boone	1796	American pioneer
20	Alphonso Lisk-Carew	1887	Sierra Leonean artist
21	Alphonso Sgroia	1886	American mobster
22	Alphonso A'Qen-Aten Jackson	1976	American actor
23	Alphonso Van Marsh		American journalist and war correspondent
24	Alphonso Roberts	1937	West Indian cricketer
25	Alphonso Barto	1834	American politician
26	Alfonso Beretta	1911
27	Alphonso M. Lunt	1837	American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
28	Alphonso Taylor	1969	American football player
29	Alphonso Wood	1810	American botanist
30	Alphonso Carinci	1862	Roman Catholic archbishop
31	Alphonso Gerard	1916	Negro League Baseball player
32	Alphonso Deal	1923	American politician
33	Alphonso Wells	1803	Canadian politician
34	Alphonso Jordan	1987	American male triple jumper
35	Alphonso Carlos Lindenberg	1872
36	Alphonso G. Kellam	1837	American politician
37	Alphonso Wilson	1860
38	Alphonso van Gèle	1848
39	Alphonso Calhoun Avery
40	Alphonso Argento	1873	Italian, Protestant China missionary
41	Alphonso C. Smith	1894	Canadian politician
42	Alphonso Adonis	1986
43	Alphonso Salvador		Brazilian judoka