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 [ 4 syll. a-loy-siu(s), al-oysi-us ] The boy name Aloysius is pronounced as AELowIHSHahS KEY. Aloysius is largely used in the Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Old French and Germanic. Old French and Germanic origin, Dutch, English, French, and German use: Derived from the elements 'al' ; 'wis'. Alawis (Germanic), Aloys (Provençal), and Looïs (Old French) are older forms of Aloysius. The name is Latinized from Aloys, a Provençal form of Louis. It was commonly used in medieval Italy, and was borne by the Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-1591) from Lombardy. The name has since been commonly bestowed by Roman Catholics in honor of the saint, who is the patron saint of the young. In literature, it appears in the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) as the name of Lord Sebastian Flyte's beloved teddy bear. The name Aloisia (English and German) is the female equivalent of Aloysius. Aloysius has 12 variants, which are mainly used in other languages. Variants of Aloysius include Alaois (Irish), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Alois (Czech and German), Aloisio (Portuguese), Aloïs (French), Alojz (Slavic), Alojzij (Slavic), Alojzy (Polish), Aloys (German), Alvise (Italian), and Lois (German). Another foreign form is the variant spelling Aloisius (German). Aloysius is a Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian variant of the name Louis (English and French). Aloysius is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the height of its usage in 1909, 0.023% of baby boys were given the name Aloysius. Its ranking then was #371. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now of very modest use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Aloysius, Louis (English and French) was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Aloysius include Alaka'i (Hawaiian), Aleixo (Galician and Portuguese), Alesio (Spanish), Alessio (Italian), Alexius (German), Alicio (Spanish), Aloisio (Portuguese), Elicio (Italian), Uilleac (Irish), Uilleag (Irish), Aiolos (Greek), Alechjo (Esperanto), Alekko (Slavic), Aleko (Slavic), Alekos (Greek), Aleksei (Russian), Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), and Alesi (Spanish). KEY: Pronunciation for Aloysius: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
