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Aloysius (/ˌæloʊˈɪʃəs/ AL-oh-ISH-əs) is a given name. It is a Latinisation of the names Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognate names (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with babies receiving the name less than 0.001% since the 1940s and mainly among Roman Catholics, according to Social Security Administration data.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Alois Alzheimer
- Aloysius Ambrozic
- Aloysius Bertrand
- Aloysius Gonzaga (St Aloysius)
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Irish novelist and poet
- Aloysius Lilius 1510-1576 doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist
- Aloysius Schmitt
- Aloysius Stepinac
- Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
- Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor
- Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva (born 1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
- James Farley, politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley
- John Aloysius Fahey
- Aloysius John Jordan (1906-1957), English rugby league footballer of the 1930s
- Petrus Aloysius (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
- R. A. Lafferty
- Aloysius Pieris, Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest
- James Aloysius Carroll, Canadian actor
- Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player
Fictional characters
- Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited
- Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins
- Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky
- Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds
- Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- Aloysius Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of Sesame Street
- Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr. Belvedere")
- Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
- Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable, The Cosby Show
- Pee-Wee Aloysius Herman, Pee Wee's Playhouse
- Sister Aloysius, Principal of the school in the play Doubt
- Aloysius O’Hare, mayor of Thneedville in Dr Seuss’ The Lorax.
- Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie, Narrator of the Primus song; My Name is Mud
Education
Notes
- ↑ "Meaning and Origin of Aloysius - FamilyEducation". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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