Aloysius

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Aloysius (/ˌælˈɪʃəs/ AL-oh-ISH-əs) is a given name.

Etymology

It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (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 fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s. Most of those were Roman Catholics.[1]

People

  • Aloysius Ambrozic (1930–2011), Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841), French Romantic poet, playwright, and journalist
  • Aloysius Foster (born 1943), American jazz drummer
  • Aloysius Gonzaga (1568–1591), Italian aristocrat and saint
  • Aloysius John Jordan (1906–1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s
  • Aloysius Leo Knott (1829– 1918), American politician, lawyer and educator
  • Aloysius Lilius (1510–1576), Italian doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist
  • Aloysius Pang (1990–2019), Singaporean actor
  • Aloysius Pieris (born 1934), Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest
  • Aloysius Schmitt (1909–1941), Roman Catholic priest
  • Aloysius Stepinac (1898–1960), Yugoslav Croat prelate
  • Aloysius Szymanski (1902–1956), given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons
  • Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal (born 1951), given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal
  • Aloysius John Wycisło (1908–2005), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay

Fictional characters

Education

  • St Aloysius' College

Notes

  1. ^ "Meaning and Origin of Aloysius - FamilyEducation". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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