Afonso is a boy's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 12 boys in 2025.
Afonso belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess. It travels in a few spellings: Alphons.
In the United States, Afonso first appears in Social Security records in 2006. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #12093 in 2006, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 10 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Afonso is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Afonso is a boy name. In England & Wales, 12 babies received the name in 2025.
Afonso comes from the Portuguese tradition. It is also spelled Alphons.
Afonso first appears in US records in 2006. Its best-ever ranking was #12093 in 2006, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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