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Aloysius - Origin and Meaning of the name

 
 

 



[ 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, and German languages, and its origin is Old French. Derived from the elements 'al' ; 'wis'. Alawis (Germanic), Aloys (Provençal), and Looïs (Old French) are original 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, the name appeared 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.

Alaois (Irish), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Alois (Czech and German), Aloisio (Portuguese), Alojz (Slavic), Alojzij (Slavic), Alojzy (Polish), Aloys (German), Alvise (Italian), and Lois (German) are variants of Aloysius.

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. Within all boy names in its group, Aloysius was nonetheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Aloysius include Aleixo (Galician and Portuguese), Alessio (Italian), Alexius (German), Aloisio (Portuguese), Alechjo (Esperanto), Aleko (Slavic), Aleksei (Russian), Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), Aleksy (Polish), Alexei (Russian), Alexej (Czech and Russian), Alexis (English and German), Aloiki (Hawaiian), Alojzij (Slavic), Elias (Finnish, German, Hungarian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Oleksiy (Ukrainian), Olexa (Czech), Uallas (Gaelic and Scottish), Alec (English), Aleck (English), Alex (English and German), Alexus (English), Alic (English), Alick (English), Alik (English), Alois (Czech and German), Alojz (Slavic), Alojzy (Polish), Aloys (German), and Olek (Polish).

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)"


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