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Fonso - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Fonso

[ syll. fon-so, fo-nso ] The boy name Fonso is pronounced FAANSow KEY. Fonso is of Gothic origin and it is used mainly in the Spanish language. Fonso is a short form of the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso.

Fonso is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Fonso, the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Fonso include the Russian Fomka, the Spanish Fonzi, the English Fonzie, the Spanish Fonzo, the English Phoenix, the Chinese Feng, the English Fons, and the English Fonz.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Fonso: F as in "fee (F.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)"


 
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