Given name
Alphonzo
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
In English use, Alphonzo has a related form in Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Alphonzo has a related form in Alfonso. One Italian interpretation is “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Alphonzo has a related form in 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 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alphonzo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,030
- 2,030 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 43 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,005 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.
Alphonzo’s family of names
In English usage, Alphonzo has a related form in Alfonso. In English usage, Alphonzo was borrowed from the Spanish form Alfonso. In English usage, Alphonzo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Alonzo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Alphonzo has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alphonzo
- Alphonzo BellUS oil millionaire and tennis player (1875-1947)
- Alphonzo E. Bell Jr.American politician (1914–2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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