The name Alfonse is a German baby name. In German the meaning of the name Alfonse is: Ready for a fight. Common in Spain since the 7th century. Famous bearer: Gangster Al Capone's name was Alphonse.
Origin of the name Alphonse: Cognate of the French Alphonse (noble and ready), a name derived from the Old German Adulfuns, a compounding of the elements adal (noble) and funs (ready, prompt, apt). The name was borne by the patron saint of Mallorca and Palma.
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble" combined with funs "ready". Other theories claim the first element is hadu or hild (see ILDEFONSO), both of which mean "battle". It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form.
Alford Name Meaning. English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called Alford, for example in Somerset and Aberdeenshire. The first is named with the Old English female personal name Ealdg¯{dh} + ford 'ford'. See also Alvord.
Alfred is an English given name, one of the few Anglo-Saxon names which saw continued use until modern times. Its Old English form is Ælfræd (Old English pronunciation: [ˈælfˌræːd]), composed of the elements ælf "elf" and ræd "counsel". It is also related to the name Alf of Old Norse.
Alfred is a masculine given name of English origin, a modern descendant of the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfræd (Old English pronunciation: [ˈælfˌræːd]), formed from the Germanic words ælf, meaning elf, and ræd, meaning counsel.
Norse Mythology. Alfrigg is the name of one of the four dwarfs mentioned in the Sǫrla þáttr who made Freyja's necklace Brísingamen.
The name Alfrothul is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Alfrothul is: Of the sun.
Alfy [al-fy] as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Alfy) is of Old English and Old German derivation, and the meaning of the name Alfy is "elf or magical counsel; ready for battle". Alfy is an alternate form of Alfred (Old English). Alfy is also a variation of Alphonse (Old German): French name from Hildefuns.
Means "elf spear" from Old English ælf "elf" and gar "spear". This Old English name was rarely used after the Norman conquest, being absorbed by similar-sounding names and Norman and Scandinavian cognates. It was briefly revived in the 19th century.
