Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (

Alfonso I of Asturias Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic (''el Católico''), (c. 693 – 757) was the third King of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign saw an extension of the Christian domain of Asturias, reconquering Galicia and Le ...

, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the

Visigothic kingdom The Visigothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of the Goths ( la, Regnum Gothorum), was a kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries. One of the Germanic successor states to ...

in the

Iberian peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the

Hispanic The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad. The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...

and Portuguese royal families. It is derived from a

Gothic name The Onomastics of the Gothic language (Gothic personal names) are an important source not only for the history of the Goths themselves, but for Germanic onomastics in general and the linguistic and cultural history of the Germanic Heroic Age of c. ...

, or a conflation of several Gothic names; from ''*Aþalfuns'', composed of the elements ''

aþal Othala (), also known as odal and ēðel, is a rune that represents the ''o'' and ''œ'' phonemes in the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc writing systems respectively. Its name is derived from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic *''ōþ ...

'' "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, 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. and ''Anfós'' in Catalan from the 12th Century until the 15th. Variants of the name include: ''Alonso'' (Spanish), ''Alfonso'' (Spanish and Italian), ''Alfons'' (Dutch, German, Catalan, Polish, Croatian and Scandinavian), ''Afonso'' ( Portuguese and Galician), ''

Alphonse Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, the other being St. François Atoll — both in the Outer Islands (Coralline Seychelles) coral arch ...

'', ''Alfonse'' (Italian, French and English), etc.

Middle Ages

Iberian royal families

;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain *

(739-757) *

Alfonso II of Asturias Alfonso II of Asturias (842), nicknamed the Chaste ( es, el Casto), was the king of Asturias during two different periods: first in the year 783 and later from 791 until his death in 842. Upon his death, Nepotian, a family member of undeter ...

(791-842) * Alfonso III of León (866-910) * Alfonso Fróilaz (925-926) *

Alfonso IV of León Alfonso IV (s933), called the Monk ( es, el Monje), was King of León from 925 (or 926) and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in 931. When Ordoño II died in 924 it was not one of his sons who ascended to the throne of León but ra ...

(925-931) * Alfonso V of León (999-1028) *

Alfonso VI of León 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 ...

(1065–1109) * Alfonso VII of León (1126–1157) *

Alfonso VIII of Castile Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (''El Noble'') or the one of Las Navas (''el de las Navas''), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army a ...

(1158–1214) *

Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University ...

(1188–1230) *

Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1257, ...

(1252–1284) *

Alfonso XI of Castile Alfonso XI (13 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ...

(1312–1350) ;Aragon & Naples *

Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso I (''c''. 1073/10747 September 1134), called the Battler or the Warrior ( es, el Batallador), was King of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother ...

(1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler) *

Alfonso II of Aragon Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157Benito Vicente de Cuéllar (1995)«Los "condes-reyes" de Barcelona y la "adquisición" del reino de Aragón por la dinastía bellónida» p. 630-631; in ''Hidalguía''. XLIII (252) pp. 619–632."Alfonso II el Casto, hi ...

(1162–1196) *

Alfonso III of Aragon Alfonso III (4 November 1265, in Valencia – 18 June 1291), called the Liberal (''el Liberal'') or the Free (also "the Frank," from ''el Franc''), was the king of Aragon and Valencia, count of Roussillon, Cerdanya and Barcelona (as ) from ...

(1285–1291) * Alfonso IV of Aragon (1327–1336) *

Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso the Magnanimous (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the ...

(1416–1458), also king of Naples and Sicily *

Alfonso II of Naples Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts. Heir to his father Fer ...

(1448–1495) ;Portugal *

Afonso I of Portugal Afonso I of PortugalOr also ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonso'' ( Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin version), sometimes rendered in English as ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse'', depending on the Spanish or French i ...

(1109–1185) * Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223) *

Afonso III of Portugal Afonso III (; rare English alternatives: ''Alphonzo'' or ''Alphonse''), or ''Affonso'' (Archaic Portuguese), ''Alfonso'' or ''Alphonso'' (Portuguese-Galician) or ''Alphonsus'' (Latin), the Boulonnais ( Port. ''o Bolonhês''), King of Portugal ( ...

(1210–1279) * Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357) *

Afonso V of Portugal Afonso V () (15 January 1432 – 28 August 1481), known by the sobriquet the African (), was King of Portugal from 1438 until his death in 1481, with a brief interruption in 1477. His sobriquet refers to his military conquests in Northern Afri ...

(1432–1481) *

Afonso VI of Portugal Afonso VI (; 21 August 164312 September 1683), known as "the Victorious" (), was the second king of Portugal of the House of Braganza from 1656 until his death. He was initially under the regency of his mother, Luisa de Guzmán, until 1662, when ...

(1643–1683)

Other

* Alfonso Jordan (1103–1148) * Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220–1271) * Alfonso of Valladolid (c. 1270 – c. 1347), Jewish convert to Christianity, philosopher, and mathematician * Alphonso, Earl of Chester (1273–1284), first son of Edward I of England, named after his godfather Alfonso X of Castile; died in childhood * Juan Alfonso de Baena (c. 1375 – c. 1434), Castilian troubadour

Early modern period

* Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese general and governor of India *

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ...

, French novelist and historian * Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara during the time of the War of the League of Cambrai *

(1656–1683) * Nzinga Mbemba (1505–1543), also known as "Afonso I of Kongo" * Afonso II of Kongo (1561) *

Alphonse de Tonty Pierre Alphonse de Tonty, or Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 10 November 1727) was an officer who served under the French explorer Cadillac and helped establish the first European settlement at Detroit, Michigan, Fort Pontchartrain ...

, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727) * Afonso III of Kongo (1666–1667) * Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza, son of John I of Portugal * Afonso, Prince of Portugal, son of John II of Portugal * Afonso, Duke of Porto, son of Louis I of Portugal * Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre, son of Afonso III of Portugal * Araribóia, baptismal name Martim Afonso, leader of the Temiminó tribe in Brazil in the 16th century *

Cardinal Afonso of Portugal Cardinal-Infante Afonso (23 April 1509–21 April 1540; ; ) was a Portugal, Portuguese ''infante'' (prince), son of List of Portuguese monarchs, King Manuel I of Portugal and his wife Maria of Aragon (1482-1517), Maria of Aragon. Because he w ...

, son of Manuel I of Portugal *

João Afonso de Aveiro Afonso de Paiva (c. 1443 – c. 1490) was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer of Ethiopia and the Barbary Coast together with Pêro da Covilhã. According to James Bruce, Afonso left Pêro da Covilhã at Aden, and proceeded to Suakin Suak ...

, Portuguese explorer * Jorge Afonso, Portuguese Renaissance painter *

Madragana Madragana Ben Aloandro, later Maior or Mór Afonso (born c. 1230, Faro, Algarve, Portugal), was a woman from the Algarve known as a mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, in the 13th century, when he ended the Reconquista in Portugal by taking ...

, baptismal name Mor Afonso, mistress to Afonso III of Portugal * Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597 *

Alfonso II, Count of Provence Alfonso II (1180 – February 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon (who was Alfonso I of Provence) and Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the Count of Provence, County of Provence from his uncl ...

, 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 Alphonsus Liguori, CSsR (27 September 1696 – 1 August 1787), sometimes called Alphonsus Maria de Liguori or Saint Alphonsus Liguori, was an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philo ...

, Roman Catholic theologian (1696–1787) *

Joseph-Alphonse Esménard Joseph-Alphonse Esménard (1770, in Pélissanne – 25 June 1811, in Fondi) was a French poet and the brother of the journalist Jean-Baptiste Esménard and father of the artists Inès Esménard and Nathalie Elma d'Esménard. Biography In 1790 ...

(1770–1811)

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 Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as El Pacificador or the Peacemaker, was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885 ...

(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 *

Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Prince Alfonso Maximiliano Victorio Eugenio Alejandro María Pablo de la Santísima Trinidad y Todos los Santos zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (28 May 1924 – 21 December 2003) was a Spanish businessman known for his promotion of the Spanish resorts of ...

(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 ''Dom'' Afonso de Santa Maria (born 25 March 1996) is the eldest son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, head of the House of Braganza. As heir-apparent to his father, Afonso is styled as Duke of Barcelos. Early life ''Afonso de Santa Maria Miguel ...

, 2nd claimant in line to the Portuguese throne

Alfons

* Alfons Almi (1904-1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator * Alfons van Blaaderen (born 1963), Dutch physicist *

Alfons Geleyns Louis Alphonse (Alfons) Geleyns was a Belgian private and war hero of World War I. He was known for his relatively early death during the war and his burial which has undergone a series of events and changes. Military career Geleyns was born in ...

(1887-1914), Belgian private * Alfons Goppel (1905–1991), German politician * Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972), Austrian politician * Alfons Jēgers (1919–1999), Latvian football and hockey player * Alfons Karpiński (1875–1961), Polish painter * Alfons Rebane (1908–1976), Estonian military commander * Alfons Rissberger (born 1948), German author

Alphonse

* Alphonse Gabriel Capone (1899-1947), Chicago gangster

Alfonso

* Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican cinematographer * Alfonso Calderon (activist), Spanish born activist and advocate for gun control *

Alfonso Calderón (poet) Alfonso Calderón Squadritto (November 21, 1930 – August 8, 2009) was a Chilean people, Chilean poet and writer. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1998. He had been a member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua (Chilean Ac ...

, Chilean poet and writer * Alfonso Soriano, American baseball player *

Alfonso Lizarazo Alfonso Lizarazo (born Alfonso Lizarazo Sánchez in 1940) is a Colombian host and politician, he was the first host of ''Campeones de la risa'', which in 1973 became known as Sábados Felices. He presented the program until 1998, when he was elect ...

, Colombian host and politician *

Alfonso Mejia-Arias Alfonso Mejia Arias is a Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician. He was born in Veracruz, Mexico on 11 September 1961 and has lived mostly in Mexico City, where his family settled. Career From his childhood joined musical associ ...

, Mexican musician, writer, social activist and politician of Roma origin (Gitano) * Alfonso Ribeiro, Caribbean-American actor and game show host. *

Alfonso John Romero 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. ...

, American video-game designer, programmer, and developer * Alfonso Pérez, Spanish football (soccer) striker *

Alfonso Oiterong Alfonso Rebochong Oiterong (9 October 1924 – 30 August 1994) was a politician from Palau who served as the country's Vice President from 1981 to 1985. Despite internal problems in Palau during the Remeliik administration, Oiterong was percei ...

, Palauan statesman, former Palau vice president 1981-1985 *

Alicia Alfonso Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) is a Uruguayan actress. She is associated with the in Montevideo, and has been noted for her roles in productions such as ''Tóxico'', ''Horror en Coronel Suárez'', ''Éxtasis'', and ''El país de las cercanías II''. ...

(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

Afonso

* Afonso Alves, Brazilian footballer *

Nadir Afonso Rodrigues Nadir Afonso, GOSE (4 December 1920 – 11 December 2013) was a Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studi ...

(1920-2013), Portuguese painter * Zeca Afonso, real name José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, Portuguese folk and political musician *

Alexandre Afonso da Silva Alexandre Afonso da Silva (born 15 August 1983), known as Alex da Silva or simply Alex, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Belgian side Kabouters Opglabbeek. Career He signed a 3-year contract with Marília in ...

, 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 Alfons Maria Mucha (; 24 July 1860 – 14 July 1939), known internationally as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, best known for his distinctly stylized and decorat ...

(1860-1939), Czech artist

Alphonso

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

As a surname

''Alphonse'', ''Alphonso'', ''Alfonso'' is occasionally seen as a surname derived from the given name, the latter descending from

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensi ...

and

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the ea ...

. * Celestino Alfonso (1916-1944), Spanish republican and volunteer fighter in the French resistance during World War II *

Roland Alphonso Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites. Biography Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso c ...

(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 Malmeege Amila Aponso, or Amila Aponso (born 23 June 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played for the Sri Lanka cricket team. He played first-class cricket for Ragama Cricket Club. He is a past pupil of St. Sebastians College, M ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer who plays for Ragama Cricket Club * Flavian Aponso, Sri Lankan Sinhala Dutch cricketer *

Jayasekara Aponso Goniya Malimage Jayasekara Aponsu, (born 23 February 1951: Sinhala:ජයසේකර අපෝන්සු), popularly as Jayasekara Aponsu, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. Apart from that, he is also a director, a ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala artist, actor, director, scriptwriter *

Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alphonsu (born 11 March 1963) (රන්ජන් රාමනායක), popularly known as Ranjan Ramanayake, is a former Sri Lankan politician, actor, film director, si ...

, 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 Alfons is the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi (born March 17, 1967 in Paris), a French comedian in Germany.Alfonso und Estrella ' (''Alfonso and Estrella''), 732, is an opera with music by Franz Schubert, set to a German libretto by Franz von Schober, written in 1822. Along with the later '' Fierrabras'', composed in 1823, it marks Schubert's attempt to compose grand ...

'', 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 ''SeaChange'' is an Australian television program that ran from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC and in 2019 on the Nine Network. It was created by Andrew Knight and Deborah Cox and starred Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham, William McInnes, John Howard, ...

, 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''

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