| [ 2 syll. al-(p)hon-se, alp-ho-nse ] The boy name Alphonse is pronounced as aeLFAANZ KEY. Alphonse is primarily used in the French language and it is of Gothic origin. Alphonse is a variant form of the Italian and Spanish name Alfonso. Alphonse is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1913 with 0.037% of baby boys being given the name Alphonse. It was #278 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is now used on a very light scale. In 2007, among the family of boy names directly linked to Alphonse, the Italian and Spanish Alfonso was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Alphonse include the Slavic Alfonz, the Dutch, German, and Polish Alfons, the Italian and Spanish Alfonso, the English Alfonzo, the Italian Alphonso, the Latinized Alphonsus, and the English Alphonzo. KEY: English pronunciation for Alphonse: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"
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