Alphons Explained
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 century,[2] 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[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.
Middle Ages
Iberian royal families
- Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain
- Aragon & Naples
Other
Early modern period
- Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and historian
- Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai
- Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727)
- Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597
- Alfonso II, Count of Provence, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon
- Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1628–44)
- 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
Alfons
Alphonse
See main article: Alphonse (given name).
Alfonso
- Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican cinematographer
- Alfonso Calderon (activist), Spanish born activist and advocate for gun control
- Alfonso Calderón (poet), Chilean poet and writer
- Alfonso Soriano, American baseball player
- Alfonso Lizarazo, Colombian host and politician
- Alfonso Mejia-Arias, Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician of Roma origin (Gitano)
- Alfonso Ribeiro, Caribbean-American actor and game show host.
- Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer, programmer, and developer
- Alfonso Pérez, Spanish football (soccer) striker
- Alfonso Oiterong, Palauan statesman, former Palau vice president 1981-1985
- Alicia Alfonso (born 1963), Uruguayan actress
- Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist
- José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (1873–1938), Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
- Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football (soccer) midfielder
Alfonse
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.[6]
- 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
- 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
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
- Alfons Heiderich from
- Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series South Park
- 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
Notes and References
- Alphonso . I . 615-619 . 1.
- In the genitive, Adefonsi.
- José Pedro Machado, Dicionário Onomástico Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa
- E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856:133, 145).
- Diccionari d'Història de Catalunya; 62nd ed.; Barcelona; 1998; ; p. 25.
- Web site: Heraldica del apellido Alfonso.
