Alfonso is a Spanish and Italian name that developed from Latin Alphonsus, which is based on the Visigothic name Aþalafuns meaning ‘noble and brave’. The Visigoths were a Germanic people who conquered the city of Rome in 410 AD.
Alfonso is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The name Alfonso isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Alfonso ranks 803. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 1 were named Alfonso. In the entire USA, approximately 35,583 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Alfonso. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Alfonso is a Spanish and Italian name that developed from Latin Alphonsus, which is based on the Visigothic name Aþalafuns meaning ‘noble and brave’. The Visigoths were a Germanic people who conquered the city of Rome in 410 AD.
Alfonso was the name of... several kings of Spain and Portugal, starting with Alfonso I in the 8th century.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Alfonso has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Alfonso and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Alfonso, you can simply say:
Apple
Lion
Fox
Orange
Nut
Sun
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Alfonso
Alfonso
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
L
F
O
N
S
O
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
L
F
O
N
S
O
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Alfonso sounds like this:
