Lon

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  • English
Short form of ALONZO and other names containing the same sound. Famous bearers were American actors Lon Chaney Sr. (1883-1930) and Lon Chaney Jr. (1906-1973). The elder's birth name was Leonidas.

ALONZO   male   Italian
Italian variant of ALFONSO.
ALFONSO   male   Spanish, Italian
Spanish and Italian form of a Visigothic Germanic name, probably meaning "noble and ready", from the element adal "noble" combined with funs "ready". Other theories claim the first element is hadu or hild (see ILDEFONSO), both of which mean "battle". It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. This was the name of six kings of Portugal and kings of several ancient regions of Spain.
ILDEFONSO   male   Spanish
Spanish form of the Visigothic name Hildefons, which meant "battle ready", derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and funs "ready". This was the name of a 7th-century saint, an archbishop of Toledo.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Alphonso, Alphonzo
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Adalfuns, Alfons, Hadufuns, Hildefons
DUTCH: Alfons, Fons, Funs
ENGLISH: Lonnie, Lonny
FRENCH: Alphonse
GALICIAN: Afonso
GERMAN: Alfons
HISTORY: Alphonsus
ITALIAN: Alfonso, Alonzo
LIMBURGISH: Funs
POLISH: Alfons
PORTUGUESE: Afonso
SLOVENE: Alfonz
SPANISH: Alfonso, Alonso, Ildefonso
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
DUTCH: Funske
LIMBURGISH: Funske
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Alphonsine
ITALIAN: Alfonsina