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Aloysius (/ˌæloʊˈɪʃəs/ 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 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
- Alo Creevey, in the UK television series Skins
- Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in the 1947 Christmas film It Happened on Fifth Avenue
- Aloysius O'Hare, villain of the 2012 film The Lorax
- 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 K. Randall, protagonist in the war film Wake Island (film)
- Aloysius Samberly, a season 2 recurring character on the television series Agent Carter
- Aloysius Snuffleupagus (Mr. Snuffleupagus), on Sesame Street
- Aloysius (teddy bear), in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited
- Sister Aloysius, in the play Doubt: A Parable and the film adaptation Doubt
- Aloysius, an anthropomorphic wolf in Highlights magazine features
Education
Notes
- ↑ "Meaning and Origin of Aloysius - FamilyEducation". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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