Alphonso

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning noble and ready; a form of Alfonso.

Babies a year
33
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Alphonso by the numbers

Alphonso was given to 33 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 319 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Alfonso

Like Alphonso, each of these traces back to Alfonso: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Alonzonoble and ready; from Alfonso543 in the US (2017)
  • Alfonzonoble and ready; a form of Alfonso25 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alphonso. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Alphonsenoble and ready; eager noble37 in the US (2017)
  • Alonsonoble and ready, eager for battle316 in the US (2017)
  • Alfonsonoble and ready; noble readiness276 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean nobility

Like Alphonso, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
  • Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
  • Nolanchampion, descendant of the noble one5,403 in the US (2017)
  • Patrickof noble birth; patrician375 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
  • Bryanhigh, noble; a form of Brian1,827 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Alphonso

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