Alfonso

Meaning: Noble and ready
Origin: Germanic

Nicknames: Alf, Alfie

Boy's name · #1012 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Alfonso holds its lane: charted since 1881 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1012 in 2025). About 41,000 boys have carried it along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#164 in Italy (2024) · #214 in Mexico (2024) · #271 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #836 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,567 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,804 in Canada (2025) · #2,664 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,382 in France (2023) · #1,841 in Austria (2021) · #100 in Spain (2004).

Famous Alfonsos

Alfonso XIII — King of Spain from 1886 to 1931 (1886–1941)
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon — King of Castile and León 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)
Alfonso V of Aragon — King of Aragon from 1416 to 1458 (1396–c. 1458)
Alfonso VI of León and Castile — Iberian King (c. 1040–1109)
Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon — King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1312 to 1350 (1311–1350 or c. 1350)
Alfonso VIII of Castile — King of Castile and Toledo from 1158 to 1214 (1155–1214)
Alfonso IX of León — King of León and Galicia from 1188 to 1230 (1171–1230)

In stories & tradition

Alfonso — Operatic character in the opera Violanta by Erich Wolfgang Korngold; illegitimate son of the King of Naples

What Alfonsos become

Among 1,765 notable people named Alfonso:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alfonso Uribe Misas, Colombian lawyer, politician and writer (1896–1984).

Spellings & nicknames

About 64 boys a year are given Alfie as their full name.

Similar names: Alphonse · Ramon · Alfredo · Vincenzo · Benito · Reynaldo

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