Alphons

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.

"Alfonso" redirects here. For other uses, see Alfonso (disambiguation).
Alphons
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameGermanic languages
Meaning"Noble brave"
Popularitysee popular names

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

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 Alfonso of Castile, 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), Perhaps the best-known gangster of all time, Al "Scarface" Capone was the most powerful mob boss of his era.
Main article: Alphonse (given name)

Alfonso

Afonso

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

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]

Pseudonym

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

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See also

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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