Alonso

Where Alonso comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alonso.

  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Alonso through the years
  1. 1466
    Alonso de Ojeda born
    Spanish navigator and governor
  2. 1601
    Alonso Cano born
    Spanish painter, architect and sculptor
  3. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,825 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2002
    Peak, #622
    316 babies named Alonso, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alfonso.
Namesakes
  • Alonso de Ojeda · Spanish navigator and governor, 1466–1515
  • Alonso Cano · Spanish painter, architect and sculptor, 1601–1667
  • Alonso de Ercilla · Spanish soldier and poet, 1533–1595
  • Alonso Berruguete · 16th century Spanish painter, sculptor and architect, 1488–1561
  • Alonso Edward · Panamanian sprinter, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.