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'''Alphons''' (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''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 [[Monarchy of Spain|Hispanic]] and [[kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] royal families.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Alphonso |volume= I  | pages=615-619 |short=1}}</ref>
'''Alphons''' (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''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 [[Monarchy of Spain|Hispanic]] and [[kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] royal families.<ref>{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Alphonso |volume= I  | pages=615-619 |short=1}}</ref>


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 ''*[[Ildefonsus|Hildefuns]]''.
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 ''*[[Ildefonsus|Hildefuns]]''.
It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th century,<ref>In the genitive, ''Adefonsi''.</ref> 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<ref>José Pedro Machado, ''Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa''</ref><ref>E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856:133, 145).</ref> and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th.<ref>''Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya''; 62nd ed.; Barcelona; 1998; {{ISBN|84-297-3521-6}}; p. 25.</ref>  
It is recorded as ''Adefonsus'' in the 9th and 10th centuries,<ref>In the genitive, ''Adefonsi''.</ref> and as ''Adelfonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'' in the 10th and 11th. The reduced form ''Alfonso'' is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form ''Afonso'' from the early 11th<ref>José Pedro Machado, ''Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa''</ref><ref>E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856:133, 145).</ref> and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th.<ref>''Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya''; 62nd ed.; Barcelona; 1998; {{ISBN|84-297-3521-6}}; p. 25.</ref>  
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Variants of the name include: ''[[Alonso]]'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), ''[[Afonso]]'' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]]),  ''[[Alphonse (given name)|Alphonse]]'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.
Variants of the name include: ''[[Alonso]]'' (Spanish), ''[[Alfonso]]'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), ''[[Afonso]]'' ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Galician language|Galician]]),  ''[[Alphonse (given name)|Alphonse]]'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.


==Middle Ages==
==Alfons==
 
===Iberian royal families===
;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
*[[Alfonso I of Asturias]] (739–757)
*[[Alfonso II of Asturias]] (791–842)
*[[Alfonso III of León]] (866–910)
*[[Alfonso Fróilaz]] (925–926)
*[[Alfonso IV of León]] (925–931)
*[[Alfonso V of León]] (999–1028)
*[[Alfonso VI of León]] (1065–1109)
*[[Alfonso VII of León]] (1126–1157)
*[[Alfonso VIII of Castile]] (1158–1214)
*[[Alfonso IX of León]] (1188–1230)
*[[Alfonso X of Castile]] (1252–1284)
*[[Alfonso XI of Castile]] (1312–1350)
;Aragon & Naples
*[[Alfonso I of Aragon]] (1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler)
*[[Alfonso II of Aragon]] (1162–1196)
*[[Alfonso III of Aragon]] (1285–1291)
*[[Alfonso IV of Aragon]] (1327–1336)
*[[Alfonso V of Aragon]] (1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily
*[[Alfonso II of Naples]] (1448–1495)
 
===Other===
*[[Alfonso Jordan]] (1103–1148)
*[[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]] (1220–1271)
*[[Alfonso of Valladolid]] (c. 1270 – c. 1347), Jewish convert to Christianity, philosopher, and mathematician
*[[Alphonso, Earl of Chester]] (1273–1284), first son of Edward I of England, named after his godfather Alfonso X of Castile; died in childhood
*[[Juan Alfonso de Baena]] (c. 1375 – c. 1434), Castilian troubadour
 
==Early modern period==
*[[Alphonse Daudet]], French novelist and historian
*[[Alfonso I d'Este]], Duke of Ferrara
*[[Alphonse de Tonty]], Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727)
*[[Alfonso II d'Este]], Duke of Ferrara
*[[Alfonso II, Count of Provence]], second son of Alfonso II of Aragon
*[[Alfonso III d'Este]], Duke of Modena and Reggio
*[[Alfonso of Castile, Prince of Asturias]], figurehead of rebelling magnates against his brother King Henry IV of Castile
*[[Alfonso of Hauteville]], Prince of Capua
*[[Alphonsus Liguori]], Roman Catholic theologian (1696–1787)
*[[Joseph-Alphonse Esménard]] (1770–1811)
 
==Modern period==
 
===Iberian/Sicilian nobility===
*[[Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta]] (1841–1934), duke of Calabria and head of the royal house of the Two Sicilies
*[[Alfonso XII of Spain]] (1857–1885) (ordinal numbering continues from the kings of Castile)
*[[Alfonso XIII]] of Spain (1886–1931)
*[[Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria]], claimant to the title of the head of House of Bourbon Two Sicilies
*[[Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias]], heir-apparent of the throne of Spain
*[[Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]] (1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman
*[[Infante Alfonso of Spain]], younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain
*[[Fadrique Alfonso of Castile]], fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile
 
===Alfons===
*[[Alfons Almi]] (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator
*[[Alfons Almi]] (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator
*[[Alfons van Blaaderen]] (born 1963), Dutch physicist
*[[Alfons van Blaaderen]] (born 1963), Dutch physicist
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*[[Alfons Jēgers]] (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
*[[Alfons Jēgers]] (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player
*[[Alfons Karpiński]] (1875–1961), Polish painter
*[[Alfons Karpiński]] (1875–1961), Polish painter
*[[Prince Alfons of Liechtenstein]] (born 2001), Liechtensteiner financial analyst
*[[Alfons Rebane]] (1908–1976), Estonian military commander
*[[Alfons Rebane]] (1908–1976), Estonian military commander
*[[Alfons Rissberger]] (born 1948), German author
*[[Alfons Rissberger]] (born 1948), German author


===Alphonse===
==Alphons==
*[[Alphonse Gabriel Capone]] (1899–1947), Chicago gangster
* [[Alphons Barb]] (1901–1979), Austrian academic, archaeologist, numismatist, museum director and author
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* [[Alphons Bellesheim]] (1839–1912), German church historian nicknamed "Alphons"
 
* [[Alphons Boosten]] (1893–1951), Dutch architect
===Alfonso===
* [[Alphons Czibulka]] (1842–1894), Austro-Hungarian military bandmaster, composer, pianist and conductor
*[[Alfonso Cuarón]], Mexican cinematographer
* [[Alphons Diepenbrock]] (1862–1921), Dutch composer, essayist and classicist
*[[Alfonso Calderon (activist)]], Spanish-born gun control activist
* [[Alphons Egli]] (1924–2016), Swiss attorney and politician
*[[Alfonso Calderón (poet)]], Chilean poet and writer
* [[Alphons Kannanthanam]] (born 1953), Indian civil servant, advocate and politician
*[[Alfonso Soriano]], American baseball player
* [[Alphons Koechlin]] (1821–1893), Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States
*[[Alfonso Lizarazo]], Colombian host and politician
* [[Alphons Leopold Mielich]] (1863–1929), Austrian painter
*[[Alfonso Mejia-Arias]], Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician
* [[Alphons Orie]] (born 1947), Dutch jurist
*[[Alfonso Ribeiro]], Caribbean-American actor and game show host
* [[Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen]] (1843–1932), German noble
*[[Alfonso John Romero]], American video-game designer
* [[Alphons Maximilian Pfyffer von Altishofen]] (1834–1890), Swiss architect, hotelier and military Chief of Staff
*[[Alfonso Pérez]], Spanish football player
* [[Alphons Silbermann]] (1909–2000), German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur and publicist
*[[Alfonso Oiterong]], Palauan politician, vice president
* [[Alphons Stübel]] (1835–1904), German geologist and naturalist
*[[Alicia Alfonso]] (born 1963), Uruguayan actress
* [[Alphons Timmerman]] (1904–1942), Belgian World War II spy for the Germans
*[[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]], Italian physiologist and physicist
* [[Alphons Wijnen]] (1912–2001), Dutch officer in charge during the Rawagede massacre of Indonesian civilians
*[[José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez]] (1873–1938), Salvadorean archbishop
*[[Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil]], Spanish football player
 
===Alfonse===
*[[Alfonse D'Amato]] (born 1937), American politician from New York
*[[Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin]] (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician
*[[Alphonse Mucha]] (1860–1939), Czech artist
 
===Alphonso===
*[[Alphonso Davies]], Canadian soccer player born in Ghana, who grew up in Edmonton
 
==As a surname==
{{See also|Alphonse (surname)}}
''Alphonse'', ''Alphonso'', ''Alfonso'' is occasionally seen as a surname derived from the given name, the latter descending from [[Asturias]] and [[Cantabria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surnames.org/apellidos/alfonso.htm|title=Heraldica del apellido Alfonso}}</ref>
*[[Celestino Alfonso]] (1916–1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II
*[[Roland Alphonso]] (1931&ndash;1998), Jamaican saxophonist
*[[Kristian Alfonso]] (born 1963), Puerto Rican American soap opera actress
*[[Michael Lee Alfonso]] (1965–2007), ring name "Mike Awesome", American professional wrestler
*Equis Alfonso, known as [[X-Alfonso]], Cuban hip-hop and afro-rock musician
*[[Ozzie Alfonso]], Cuban-American TV director and producer
*[[Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu]], Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, actor, singer, writer
 
==Pseudonym==
*[[Bill Alfonso]], ring name of William Matthew Sierra, former professional wrestling referee & manager


==Stage name==
==Stage name==
*''Alfons'', the stage name of [[Emmanuel Peterfalvi]], a French comedian
*Alfons, stage name of [[Emmanuel Peterfalvi]], a French comedian


==Fictional characters==
==Fictional characters==
*Alphonso, protagonist in ''[[Alfonso und Estrella]]'', an opera by Franz Schubert
*''Don Alfonso'', character in Mozart's opera ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
*[[Alphonso MacKenzie]], fictional character in the Marvel Universe
*[[Alfie Atkins]], known as ''Alfons Åberg'' in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
*[[Alfie Atkins]], known as ''Alfons Åberg'' in Swedish, character created by Gunilla Bergström from Sweden
*[[Alfonzo Dominico Jones]], a dog in the Australian television series ''SeaChange''
*[[Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice]], character in the comic strip ''Dick Tracy''
*''[[Alphonse and Gaston]]'', French duo in a comic strip created by Frederick Burr Opper
*[[Alphonse Elric]] from ''Fullmetal Alchemist''
*Alfons Heiderich from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa]]''
*Alfons Heiderich from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa]]''
*[[Alphonse Mephisto]], fictional character in the animated television series ''South Park''
*[[Minor characters in Bloom County#Alphonso Ali|Alphonso Ali]], minor character in ''Bloom County''
*Monsieur Alphonse, main character from [[Alexandre Dumas fils]]'s play from 1873, who was a [[Procuring (prostitution)|procurer]] (now in [[Polish language|Polish]] ''alfons'' is often used as a synonym of procurer, so name Alfons became very rare in Poland)
*[[Monsieur Alfonse]], character in the BBC sitcom ''Allo 'Allo!'' played by the actor Kenneth Connor
*The name of a number of pets and the Patlabor of [[Noa Izumi]] from the anime ''Patlabor''
*Oren Pierre Alfonso from ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim]]''
* Alfonso "French" Sosa, a main character from ''[[The OA]]''


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Alphonso]]
*[[Afonso]]
*[[Afonso]]
*[[Ildefonso (disambiguation)]]
*[[Ildefonso (disambiguation)]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, 14 January 2026

This article is about the given name. For the American entrepreneur, painter and philanthropist, see Adarsh Alphons.

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Alphons (Latinized Alphonsus, Adelphonsus, or 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.[1]

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 centuries,[2] and as Adelfonsus, Adelphonsus in the 10th and 11th. The reduced form Alfonso is recorded in the late 9th century, and the Portuguese form Afonso from the early 11th[3][4] and Anfós in Catalan from the 12th century until the 15th.[5]

Variants of the name include: Alonso (Spanish), Alfonso (Spanish and Italian), Alfons (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), Afonso (Portuguese and Galician), Alphonse, Alfonse (French and English), etc.

Alfons

Alphons

Stage name

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ↑ Template:Cite EB9
  2. ↑ In the genitive, Adefonsi.
  3. ↑ José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa
  4. ↑ E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856:133, 145).
  5. ↑ Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya; 62nd ed.; Barcelona; 1998; ISBN 84-297-3521-6; p. 25.

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