Given name · also Latin
Alfonsas
Alfonsas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Alfonsas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Adephonsus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alfonsas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Alfonsas has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Alfonso. In Lithuanian usage, Alfonsas has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Alonso.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alfonsas
- Alfonsas PetrulisLithuanian priest and journalist (1873–1928)
- Alfonsas EidintasLithuanian diplomat (born 1952)
- Alfonsas SvarinskasLithuanian Catholic priest, resistance fighter and politician (1925–2014)
- Alfonsas ŽalysLIthuanian politician (1929-2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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