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

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

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and Portuguese royal families. 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, 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'', ''Alfonse'' (French and English), etc.

Middle Ages

Iberian royal families

;Asturias/Leon/Castile/Spain * Alfonso I of Asturias (739–757) *

Alfonso II of Asturias Alfonso II of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias (842), nicknamed the Chaste (), 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 of Asturias, Nepotian ...

(791–842) * Alfonso III of León (866–910) * Alfonso Fróilaz (925–926) * Alfonso IV of León (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 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. ...

(1126–1157) * Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158–1214) * Alfonso IX of León (1188–1230) *

Alfonso X of Castile Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, ; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, Kingdom of León, León and Kingdom of Galicia, Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the April 1257 Imperial election, election of 1 ...

(1252–1284) * Alfonso XI of Castile (1312–1350) ;Aragon & Naples * Alfonso I of Aragon (1104–1134), known as ''el Batallador'' (The Battler) * Alfonso II of Aragon (1162–1196) * Alfonso III of Aragon (1285–1291) * Alfonso IV of Aragon (1327–1336) * Alfonso V of Aragon (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 Fe ...

(1448–1495)

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

* Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and historian * Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Alphonse de Tonty, Baron de Paludy (c. 1659 – 1727) * Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara * Alfonso II, Count of Provence, second son of Alfonso II of Aragon * Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio * 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

* 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 * Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1924–2003), Spanish playboy and businessman * Infante Alfonso of Spain, younger brother of King Juan Carlos of Spain * Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile

Alfons

* Alfons Almi (1904–1991), Finnish opera singer and administrator * Alfons van Blaaderen (born 1963), Dutch physicist * Alfons Geleyns (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 gun control activist * 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 * Alfonso Ribeiro, Caribbean-American actor and game show host * Alfonso John Romero, American video-game designer * Alfonso Pérez, Spanish football player * Alfonso Oiterong, Palauan politician, vice president * Alicia Alfonso (born 1963), Uruguayan actress * Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist * José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez (1873–1938), Salvadorean archbishop * Miguel Alfonso Pérez Aracil, Spanish football player

Alfonse

* Alfonse D'Amato (born 1937), American politician from New York * Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761–1849), Swiss-American politician * Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech artist

Alphonso

* Alphonso Davies, Canadian soccer player 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

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and Cantabria. * 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

*''Alfons'', the stage name of Emmanuel Peterfalvi, a French comedian

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 '' Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa'' * Alphonse Mephisto, fictional character in the animated television series ''South Park'' * Alphonso Ali, minor character in ''Bloom County'' *Monsieur Alphonse, main character from Alexandre Dumas fils's play from 1873, who was a procurer (now in Polish ''alfons'' is often used as a synonym of procurer, so name Alfons became very rare in Poland) * 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''

References

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