Given name & surname
Fonzo
“prepared for battle; eager and ready”
Fonzo is a variant of Fonso. In German use, Fonso carries the interpretation “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fonzo is a variant of Fonso. In German use, Fonso carries the interpretation “prepared for battle; eager and ready.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fonzo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 35 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 8 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 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 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.
Fonzo’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Fonzo is a diminutive of ALFONZ. Fonzo has a related form in Fonso.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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