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Aloysius ( ) is a given name.

Etymology

It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as ''Ludovicus'' or ''Chlodovechus''), ultimately from Frankish ''*Hlūdawīg'', from Proto-Germanic ''*Hlūdawīgą'' ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s. Most of those were Roman Catholics.

People

Notable people with the name include:

* Alois Alzheimer
* Aloysius Ambrozic
* Aloysius Bertrand
*Aloysius Gonzaga (St Aloysius)
* James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
* Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (born 1927), birth name of Pope Benedict XVI, who served as Pope from 2005 until 2013
* Aloysius Lilius 1510-1576 doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist
*Aloysius Schmitt
* Aloysius Stepinac
* Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
* Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor
* Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva (born 1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
* James Farley, politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley
* John Aloysius Fahey
* Aloysius John Jordan (1906-1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
* Petrus Aloysius (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
*R. A. Lafferty
*Aloysius Pieris, Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest
* James Aloysius Carroll, Canadian actor
* Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal
*Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player
* Thomas Aloysius Keller, American Chef and Restaurateur
* Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr, best-selling American writer
*Aloysius John Wycisło, was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1968 to 1983
*Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, English musician otherwise known as Elvis Costello
*Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844–1878), Irish-American journalist and war correspondent

Fictional characters

* Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel '' Brideshead Revisited''.
*Aloysius Creevey, character in the show '' Skins''.
*Aloysius Hands, character in Rafael Bernal’s 1946 novella, The Strange Case of Aloysius Hands.
* Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.
*Aloysius Nell, a police office and character in the Stephen King novel ''It''.
*Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the 1960s TV series '' Thunderbirds''.
* Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
*Aloysius K. Randall, protagonist in the war film Wake Island (film)
* Aloysius Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of '' Sesame Street''.
*Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr. Belvedere").
* Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
* Pee-Wee Aloysius Herman, '' Pee Wee's Playhouse''.
*Sister Aloysius, principal of the school in the play Doubt: A Parable.
*Aloysius O’Hare, mayor of Thneedville and antagonist in the 2012 film '' The Lorax''.
*Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie, narrator of the Primus song "My Name is Mud".
*Aloysius Pig, a character in the seventh season of '' Garfield and Friends''.
*Bartholomew "Barry" Aloysius Dylan, a recurring antagonist of the show Archer
*Aloysius Castleroy, Lord Castleroy in '' Reign''.
*Hunter Aloysius Percy, character in the Netflix series '' The OA''.
*Owlowiscious, Twilight Sparkle's pet owl in ''My Little Pony''.
*Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in '' It Happened on Fifth Avenue'' (1947).
*Aloysius Gogarty, Mrs. Random's gardener in '' Bringing Up Baby'' (1938).
* Aloysius, an anthropomorphic wolf who would get into a situation and have to be rescued by the other characters in the story.
*Aloysius III, character from Cartoon Network miniseries '' Infinity Train''
*Aloysius Samberly, recurring character on '' Agent Carter''

Education

* St Aloysius' College

Notes

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