Aloys

Where Aloys comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aloys.

Aloys through the years
  1. 1813
    Aloys Sprenger born
    Austrian orientalist
  2. 1896
    Debut at its peak, #900
    #900 among boys with 7 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1937
    Aloys Jousten born
    Belgian theologian and bishop
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Aloys Sprenger · Austrian orientalist, 1813–1893
  • Aloys Jousten · Belgian theologian and bishop, 1937–2021
  • Aloys Thomas Raimund von Harrach · Austrian politician and diplomat, 1669–1742
  • Aloys Schmitt · German composer, pianist and music teacher, 1788–1866
  • Aloys Wobben · German businessman, 1952–2021

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.