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Alphons
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: Alfonso (Spanish and Italian), Alfons (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish and Scandinavian), Afonso (Portuguese and Galician), Alphonse, Alfonse (Italian, French and English), etc.

Middle Ages[edit]

Iberian royal families[edit]

Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
Aragon & Naples
Portugal

Other[edit]

Early modern period[edit]

Modern period[edit]

Iberian/Sicilian nobility[edit]

Alfons[edit]

Alphonse[edit]

Main article: Alphonse (given name)

Alfonso[edit]

Afonso[edit]

Alfonse[edit]

Alphonso[edit]

  • Alphonso Davies, Canadian footballer born in Ghana, who grew up in Edmonton

As a surname[edit]

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]

Pseudonym[edit]

  • Bill Alfonso, ring name of William Matthew Sierra, former professional wrestling referee & manager

Stage name[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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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