Given name
Alojz
Alojz is a masculine given name from German. It is used in Slovak.
Original GermanAlois
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Alojz developed from Alois.
Alojz’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Alojz developed from the German form Alois. In Slovak usage, Alojz has a conventional equivalent in the English form Aloysius. In Croatian usage, Alojz has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alois.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Alojz has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Alojz comes from · 1 name
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Aloisroot · German
- AloysiusEnglish
- Aloysequivalent
- AloísioPortuguese
- AlojzyPolish
- AloïsFrench
- Alajosequivalent
- Aloisioequivalent
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People named Alojz
- Lojze PeterlePrime Minister of Sloveniaborn 1948
- Alojz RebulaSlovenian writer (1924–2018)
- Alojz Gradnikpoet; translator (1882–1967)
- Alojz TkáčRoman Catholic archbishop (1934–2023)
- Alojz BenacBosnia-Herzegovinian archaeologist and historian.1914–1992
- Alojz UranSlovenian Catholic archbishop1945–2020
- Alojz Ihandoctor, microbiologist, immunologist, poet and writer1961–2026
- Alojz JembrihCroatian literary historian, linguist, philologist and slavistborn 1947
- Alojz RigeleHungarian sculptor (1879-1940)
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