| [ syll. al-(p)hon-sus, alp-hons-us ] The boy name Alphonsus is pronounced as AELF-AANSahS KEY. Alphonsus is mainly used in the Latinized language and its language of origin is Gothic. Alphonsus is a form of the Italian and Spanish name Alfonso. Alphonsus is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1901, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Alphonsus. It had a ranking of #948 then. The baby name has seen a fall in frequency since then, and is today of sporadic use. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Alphonsus, the Italian and Spanish Alfonso was the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Alphonsus include the Italian and Spanish Alfonso, the English Alfonzo, the Italian Alphonso, the English Alphonzo, the Dutch, German, and Polish Alfons, the Slavic Alfonz, and the French Alphonse. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Alphonsus: 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)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" There are no famous persons named Alphonsus. |