Given name & surname
Alfons
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
Alfons is a variant of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfons is a variant of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alfons is a variant of Alfonso. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfons through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 441
- 441 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1969. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 32 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 363 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfons’s family of names
In German usage, Alfons has a short form in Alf. Alfons has a related form in Alfonso. In Dutch usage, Alfons has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alfonso.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alfons has relatives in 17 languages.
18 related names in 17 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alfons
- Alphonse MuchaCzech painter, illustrator and graphic artist (1860–1939)
- Alfonso II of AragonAragonese monarch (1157-1196)
- Alfonso III of AragonKing of Aragon1265–1291
- Alfonso IV of AragonKing of Aragon, Valencia, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica1299–1336
- Alfons GorbachAustrian politician (1898-1972)
- Alfons Maria SticklerCatholic cardinal (1910–2007)
- Alfons SampstedIcelandic association football playerborn 1998
- Alfons RebaneEstonian military personnel (1908–1976)
- Alphonso, Earl of ChesterEnglish noble1273–1284
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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