Given name
Alfonsa
“noble and ready for battle”·“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
Alfonsa is a feminine form of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Alfonsa carries the interpretation “noble and ready for battle.” Alfonsa is a feminine form of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Alfonsa is used as a feminine counterpart of Alfonso.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfonsa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 155
- 144 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 11 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 6 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 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.
Alfonsa’s family of names
Alfonsa is a feminine form of Alfonso. Alfonsa has a related form in Alonza. Alfonsa has a related form in Alphonza.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alfonsa
- Alphonsa of the Immaculate ConceptionSyro-Malabar Catholic Franciscan Religious Sister1910–1946
- Alfonsa ClericiItalian religious (1860-1930)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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