Alfonso

Where Alfonso comes from

From Spanish Alfonso and Italian Alfonso. Doublet of Alphonse.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alfonso
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1221
    Alfonso X of Castile and Leon born
    King of Castile from 1252 to 1284
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #781 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1886
    Alfonso XIII born
    King of Spain from 1886 to 1931
  4. 1929
    Peak, #294
    356 babies named Alfonso — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alfonso XIII · King of Spain from 1886 to 1931, 1886–1941
  • Alfonso X of Castile and Leon · King of Castile from 1252 to 1284, 1221–1284
  • Alfonso Cuarón · Mexican filmmaker, born 1961
  • Alfonso XII of Spain · king of Spain from 1874 to 1885, 1857–1885
  • Alfonso García Robles · Mexican diplomat and politician, 1911–1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.