Alois

Alois ( Aloys also, Aloysius, Aloysius ) is a male first name. It is common in Germany mainly in southern Germany.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Sometimes the name is explained as Alwis, " very wisely ," but this derivation is " unproven ", see also Elvis. In fact, it is a variant of Aloysius, a Latinized form of a Provençal version of Louis (ibid.). St. Aloysius Gonzaga was born he was called Ludovico Luigi or Alvise. Further evidence may be the chord between the Orsini, Vitelli and the Borgia Cesare 29 October 1502 Louis XII. of France is called Aluisi. The king himself made ​​under other sources of time as Loys, but is commonly referred to by contemporary Italians as Luigi. The intervocalic g, represented in particular in the older Italian corresponds to a turn intervocalic s in other Romance varieties, so lets Luigi Aloysius again to close (for comparison see partigiano and partisan and parmesan parmigiano, etc.) However, currently regarded as the intervocalic g Provenzalismus in Italian.

Name-day

Well-known bearers of the name

Individuals

  • Alois of Liechtenstein (disambiguation ), several princes of Liechtenstein
  • Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist
  • Alois Brandstetter (* 1938), Austrian writer and philologist
  • Alois Brunner (* 1912), German co-responsible for the Holocaust
  • Alois Emanuel Biedermann (1819-1885), Swiss theologian
  • Alois Glück ( born 1940 ), Bavarian politician, CSU
  • Alois Hanslian (* 1943), German artist
  • Alois Hitler (1837-1903), father of Adolf Hitler
  • Alois Hitler Junior (1882-1956), half-brother of Adolf Hitler
  • Alois Hundhammer (1900-1974), former Bavarian Minister of Education, CSU
  • Alois Johannes Lippl (1903-1957), Bavarian author, director and director
  • Alois Kälin ( born 1939 ), Swiss skiers
  • Brother Alois ( Alois solver ) (born 1954 ), prior of the Taizé Community
  • Alois Lüönd ( born 1951 ), American composer and Schwyzerörgeler
  • Alois Luis ( b. 1946 ), Austrian jazz and blues musicians
  • Alois Lutz (1898-1918), Austrian figure skaters
  • Alois Mannichl (* 1956), German police director
  • Alois Mayer (1855-1936), German sculptor
  • Alois Mies Bach (1791-1857), Austrian Industrialists
  • Alois Mock ( b. 1934 ), Austrian politician, ÖVP
  • Alois Negrelli (1799-1858), Austrian engineer, planner at the Suez Canal
  • Alois Prenn (1913-1943), Italian skiers and soldier
  • Rübsamen Alois (1939-2013), German politician and district
  • Alois Riehl (* 1950), German politician, CDU
  • Alois Riehl (1844-1924), Austrian philosopher
  • Alois Schertzinger (1787-1864), German co-founder of Sarata / Bessarabia
  • Alois Schloder (* 1947), German ice hockey player
  • Alois Schwartz (born 1967 ), German football coach
  • Alois Stadlober (* 1962 ), Austrian cross-country skier and sports official
  • Luis Trenker (1892-1990), South Tyrolean mountaineer, actor, director and writer
  • Alois Wolf Müller (1864-1948), German inventor and engineer
  • Alois Wünsche- Mitterecker (1903-1975), painter and sculptor
  • Aloysius Stepinac (1898-1960), blessed spoken Croatian Cardinal
  • Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591), Italian Jesuit and Holy
  • Mr Peterle ( born 1948 ), Slovenian politician
  • Aloys Felke (1927-1997), German politician, CDU
  • Aloys Fischer (1880-1937), German educator
  • Aloys Henhöfer (1789-1862), German theologian
  • Aloys Senefelder (1771-1834), German inventor of lithography ( lithography )
  • Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, Dutch football coach
  • Joseph Alois Ratzinger (* 1927), until his resignation on February 28, 2013 Pope
  • Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( born 1947 ), Austrian- American bodybuilder, actor and politician
  • Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), Austrian-American economist
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970), German composer
  • Luis Durnwalder ( b. 1941 ), Governor of South Tyrol
  • Aloysius Althaus OSB, (born 1966 ), German abbot

Fictional people

  • Alois (name of the lion in Erich Kästner's "The Conference of the Animals" )
  • Hingerl Alois ( Aloysius the angel in the play " The Munich in heaven " by Ludwig Thoma )
  • Alois Trancy ( " Kuroshitsuji " )

Variants

  • The female version of the name is Aloisia.
  • Alajos ( Hungarian)
  • Aloysius (Latin )
  • Aloïse (French)
  • Aloisio, Luigi, Alvise ( Italian)
  • Alojz ( Slovenian)
  • Alojzy ( Polish)
  • Alvise ( venetian )
  • Alvisi, Aloys, Lois, Luis

Interesting

  • This Bavarian has very widespread name is usually there with Lois (very fast very Loez ) - the diminutive also Alisi and Loisl - abbreviated, the latter is in High German but often confused with Louis (French for Ludwig).
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