The story behind Alfonso
From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.
Other language forms and explanations (4)
Italian entry
Borrowed from Spanish Alfonso.
Portuguese entry
From Old Galician-Portuguese Alfonsso, Alfonso, from the same origin as Afonso (which see).
Spanish entry
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Alfonsus, Adephonsus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 (*aþalafuns). See Ildefonso.
Tagalog entry
a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alfonso
Pronunciation
Canada: /ælˈfɑnzoʊ/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Italian: /alˈfɔn.so/
- Italian: /alˈfon.so/
- Portuguese; Brazil: /awˈfõ.su/
- Portuguese; Brazil: [aʊ̯ˈfõ.su]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /alˈfõ.su/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [aɫˈfõ.su]
- Spanish: /alˈfonso/
- Spanish: [alˈfõn.so]
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: /ʔalˈfonso/
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: [ʔɐlˈfon̪.so]
- Tagalog: /ʔalˈponso/
- Tagalog: [ʔɐlˈpon̪.so]
Popularity
Alfonso ranked #1012 in US for 2025.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Alfonso
Abundio
Borrowed from Latin Abundius. Borrowed from Spanish Abundio.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Adolfo
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. From Latin Adolphus, Adolfus, from earlier Adalulfus, from Old High German Adalwolf, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Adolpho
A less common spelling of Adolfo.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Afonso
From Old Galician-Portuguese Afonso, from Early Medieval Latin Alfonsus, Adephonsus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 (*aþalafuns). Compare Spanish Alfonso.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Alberto
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Alberto. Shorter form of Adalberto, from Latin Adalbertus, from Frankish *Aþalaberht. Borrowed from Spanish Alberto.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Alfiero
Inherited from Medieval Latin Adalferius, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *aþal (“nobility”) + *faru (“journey”), meaning “noble leader” or “noble traveller”. See English…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Alfonso
Aaron
From Latin Aaron, from Ancient Greek Ἀαρών (Aarṓn), from Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʾAhărōn), of unknown meaning, possibly meaning “bearer of martyrs”, or perhaps also, or instead,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abel
English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace. a…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Alfonso
Baldwin
From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Barbara
* From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara. * (logic): From the…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Benita
Borrowed from Spanish Benita. Feminine form of Benito, from Latin Benedictus. Equivalent to the rare English Benedicta.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length