Alfonse

Alfonso, also Alphons, is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

The original meaning of Alfons is uncertain.

It is possible (ready) put together that the name is from the Old High German adal ( noble ) or al (whole) and funs. It could also be a form of the ancient Germanic name Hildefons, the " ready for battle " means ( hild "battle " funs "ready" ).

During the Migration Period, the name used in the Romance language areas: catalan also Alfonso, Alphonse French, Italian Alfonso, Spanish and Alfonso Alonso and Portuguese Afonso. On the Iberian peninsula, often wore princes that name. In German-speaking countries, the name was again only popular by the cult of Saint Alphonsus Maria di Liguori, an Italian Redemptorist from the 18th century.

Connotations in some languages

Well going back to the drama Monsieur Alphonse (1873 ) by Alexandre Dumas, fils name Alfons is used in some languages ​​as more or less cryptic name of a pimp. For example, in Danish. Procuring also referred to herein as " alfonseri ". Maybe it was because of 2006, only seven namesakes in Denmark. Also in Polish and Norwegian Alfons has the connotation pimp.

See also: List of false friends

Name-day

Well-known bearers of the name

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Saints:

  • Alfonso Maria de Liguori

Ruler:

  • List of rulers named Alfons
  • List of prince named Alfons
  • King Alfonso the Quarter-to - Twelfth is a character from the novel Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

Other:

  • Alfons Brijdenbach (1954-2009), Belgian sprinter
  • Alfons home ( b. 1946 ), mayor of Lennestadt
  • Alfons Higl (* 1964), German football player
  • Alfons Höckmann (1923-2014), German actor, theater director and director
  • Alfons Kahn (1908-1985), German jurist and resistance fighter
  • Jerzy Popiełuszko ( baptismal name Alfons Popiełuszko ) ( 1947-1984 ), Polish Catholic priest beatified,
  • Alfons Beck ( born 1949 ), German cooking
  • Alfons Teuber (1903-1971), German actor and writer

Fictional:

  • Alfons, figure of cabaret Emmanuel Peterfalvi
  • Alfons Zitterbacke ( children's book character by Gerhard Holtz- Baumert )

Feminine form: Alfonsa

  • Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception (1910-1946), Indian nun

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Surname:

  • Manuela Alphons (* 1946), Austrian theater and television actress

First name:

  • Alphons Albertin (1736-1790), German composer
  • Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921), Dutch composer, writer and philologist
  • Alphons Egli (* 1924), Swiss politician (CVP )
  • Alphons Fryland (1888-1953), Austrian actor
  • Kurt- Alphons Jochheim (1921-2013), German physician, scientist of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Alphons Martini (1829-1880), German physician
  • Alphons Mayr von Baldegg (1789-1875), Swiss Military in the French service
  • Alphons Pfyffer (1753-1822), Swiss politician
  • Emil Alphons Rheinhardt (1889-1945), Austrian writer
  • Alfonso Rodriguez (1526-1616), Spanish priest, Jesuit
  • Alphons Roellinger (1849-1918), Catholic priest, member of the Reichstag
  • Alphons Silbermann (1909-2000), German social scientist and journalist
  • Moritz Alphons Stübel (1835-1904), German naturalist, geologist, geographer, ethnologist
  • Alphons Thun (1853-1885), Estonian economist and university professor
  • Alphons Zak (1868-1931), Austrian Norbertine Canons and historian

Feminine form: Alphonsa

  • Alphonsa Maria Elisabeth Eppinger (1814-1867), Catholic foundress
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