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Affonso - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Affonso

[ syll. af-fon-so, aff-o-nso ] The boy name Affonso is pronounced ahF-AANSow KEY. Affonso is of Gothic origin and it is predominantly used in the Portuguese language. Affonso is a variant form of Alfonso (English, Italian, and Spanish).

Affonso is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Affonso, Alfonso (English, Italian, and Spanish) was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Affonso include Afonso (Galician and Portuguese), Avinash (Indian), Afanasi (Russian), Afanasii (Russian), and Afanasiy (Russian).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Affonso: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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