Given name & surname
Alfonse
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
Alfonse is a variant of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alfonse is a variant of Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alfonse 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 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfonse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,392
- 1,392 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 51 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 51 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 552 as a first name in 2020; 163 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alfonse’s family of names
In English usage, Alfonse has a diminutive in Fonzi. Alfonse has a related form in Alfonso. In English usage, Alfonse has a related form in Alphonse.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
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