Alonso
ah-LOHN-soh
A Spanish name tied to the Alphonso family, ultimately carrying the old German sense of noble readiness for battle.
Meaning
The excerpts connect Alonso with Spanish names such as Alfonso and Ildefonso, treating it as a shortened form in that family of names. In the etymology given by Charnock, the deeper source is the Old German saint-name Hildefons/Hildefuns, and Yonge glosses Alonso as meaning “eager for battle.”
Origin
SpanishOld Germanmasculine
Fun fact
19th-century name books often group Alonso with Alfonso, Alphonse, and Alphonsus as variants of one historical name line.