Alphonse

French from German

"noble, ready for battle"

Alphonse Origin and Meaning

The name Alphonse is a boy's name of German, French origin meaning "noble, ready for battle".

Rarely used, and for good reason. Alonzo is a preferable choice.

Alphonse does have a mixed bag of notable namesakes—French novelist Alphonse Daudet, painter Alphonse Mucha, and it was the birth name of gangster Al Capone.

Alphonse Rank in US Top 1000

# 921 in the US

Alphonse Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 953 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Alphonse

• 953 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Alphonse

• Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine Knight of Pratz, French writer and politician
• Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone American gangster
• Alfons Maria "Alphonse" Mucha Czech painter
• (Pierre Marie,)Alphonse Favier, French bishop in China
• Alphonse Areola French footballer
• Alphonse Pierre Juin Marshal of France
• Alphonse Royer French librettist
• Alphonse Daudet French novelist
• Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

The name Alphonse in Pop Culture

• Alphonse Elric from the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
• Alphonse Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Alphonse "Alfie" Huggins from the series Titanic by Gordon Korman
• Alphonse Pettipon from The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon by Richard Connell.
• Alphonse Hall character in TV/ series/film "Clueless"

International Variations of the name Alphonse

• Alfonso Spanish
• Alpheus Greek
• Affonso Portuguese
• Alfons German
• Alphonsus Irish