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 [ 3 syll. a-lon-so, al-o-nso ] The boy name Alonso is pronounced ahLAANSow KEY. Alonso's language of origin is Gothic, and it is used largely in the Italian and Spanish languages. Alonso is a variant form of the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso. Variants of Alonso include the English pet form Lonnie and the English short form Lon. Alonso is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.017% of baby boys were given the name Alonso. Its ranking then was #660. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Alonso, the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso was the most frequently used. It was 19% more popular than Alonso in that year. Baby names that sound like Alonso include the English Almanzo and the Italian and Spanish Alonzo. KEY: English pronunciation for Alonso: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.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)"   |
