Given name
Alfonsina
Alfonsina is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Alfonsina isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alfonsina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 0 boys · 55 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 10 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 girls is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 539 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.
Alfonsina’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Alfonsina
- Alfonsina StorniArgentine writer and poet1892–1938
- Alfonsina OrsiniRegent of the Republic of Firenze (1472-1520)
- Alfonsina StradaItalian racing cyclist (1891–1959)
- Alfonsina MaldonadoUruguayan equestrian and television personalityborn 1984
- Alfonsina BuenoSpanish activist1915–1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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