Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Aloys is a variant of Aloysius. A possible origin is Provençal, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1896. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aloys through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 414
- 414 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 25 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 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 182 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.
Aloys’s family of names
Aloys has a related form in Aloysius. In German usage, Aloys has a related form in Alois. In Occitan usage, Aloys has a conventional equivalent in the German form Alois.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aloys
- Aloys SprengerAustrian orientalist (1813–1893)
- Aloys JoustenBelgian theologian and bishop (1937–2021)
- Aloys GrillmeierCatholic theologian and Cardinal-deacon1910–1998
- Aloys Thomas Raimund, Count HarrachAustrian politician and diplomat (1669-1742)
- Aloys BlumauerAustrian writer1755–1798
- Aloys SchmittGerman composer, pianist and music teacher (1788-1866)
- Prince Louis of LiechtensteinLiechtenstein prince (1846-1920)
- Aloys NongCameroonian footballerborn 1983
- Aloys WobbenGerman businessman (1952–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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