Alphons

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Alphons
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Alfonso II of Asturias
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameGermanic languages
Meaning"Noble brave"
Popularitysee popular names

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.

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,[1] 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.[2][3] and Anfós in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th.[4]

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

Middle Ages[]

Iberian royal families[]

Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
Aragon & Naples
Portugal

Other[]

Early modern period[]

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 1907–31
  • Elvira of Castile (Sicilian queen), Queen of Sicily
  • Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman
  • Infante Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of former King Juan Carlos of Spain
  • Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile
  • Afonso VII of Portugal, future regnal name of the heir apparent to the current pretender
  • Infante Afonso, Prince of Beira, 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne

Alfons[]

Alphonse[]

  • Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947), Chicago gangster
Main article: Alphonse (given name)

Alfonso[]

Afonso[]

  • Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer
  • Nadir Afonso Rodrigues (1920-2013), Portuguese painter
  • Zeca Afonso, real name José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, Portuguese folk and political musician
  • Alexandre Afonso da Silva, Brazilian footballer
  • Paulo Afonso Evangelista Vieira, Brazilian politician

Alfonse[]

  • Alfonse D'Amato (born 1937), United States Senator from New York
  • Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician
  • Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), Czech artist

Alphonso[]

  • Alphonso Davies, Canadian footballer 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.[5]

  • Celestino Alfonso (1916-1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II
  • Roland Alphonso (1931–1998), 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
  • Andrey Nazário Afonso, Brazilian football goalkeeper
  • Amila Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club
  • Flavian Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala Dutch cricketer
  • Jayasekara Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala artist, actor, director, scriptwriter
  • 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[]

  • Alfons, the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi, a French comedian

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
  • 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
  • Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
  • Alfons Heiderich from Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
  • Alphonso Ali, minor character in Bloom County
  • 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[]

  • Ildefonso (disambiguation)

References[]

  1. ^ in the genitive, Adefonsi:
  2. ^ José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa
  3. ^ E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856:133, 145).
  4. ^ Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya; ed. 62; Barcelona; 1998; ISBN 84-297-3521-6; p. 25
  5. ^ "Heraldica del apellido Alfonso".
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