Aloysius
Aloysius (/ˌæloʊˈɪʃəs/ AL-oh-ISH-əs) is a given name.
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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
Notable people with the name include:
First name
- 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
Other given name
- James Aloysius Carroll (1955–2016), Canadian actor
- Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva (1937–2018), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director
- Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born 1962), Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player
- John Aloysius Fahey (1939–2001), American fingerstyle guitarist
- James Farley (1888–1976), American politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley
- Petrus Aloysius (1503–1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III
- James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist and poet
- Thomas Aloysius Keller (born 1955), American chef and restaurateur
- R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (born 1954), English musician otherwise known as Elvis Costello
- Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844–1878), Irish-American journalist and war correspondent
- Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (1927–2022), birth name of Pope Benedict XVI, who served as Pope from 2005 until 2013
- Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr (born 1937), best-selling American writer
Fictional characters
- Aloysius Minch (Father of Ness' next-door neighbor Pokey Minch aka "Porky Minch" in Mother 3, of the EarthBound (series).
- Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited.
- Dr. Aloysius James Animo, character in the animated show, Ben 10.
- Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins.
- Aloysius Hands, character in Rafael Bernal’s 1946 novella, The Strange Case of Aloysius Hands.
- Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky.
- Aloysius Nell, a police office and character in the Stephen King novel It.
- 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 Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of Sesame Street.
- Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr. Belvedere").
- Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.
- Pee-Wee Aloysius Herman, Pee Wee's Playhouse.
- Sister Aloysius, principal of the school in the play Doubt: A Parable.
- Aloysius O’Hare, mayor of Thneedville and antagonist in the 2012 film The Lorax.
- Aloysius Devadander Abercrombie, narrator of the Primus song "My Name is Mud".
- Aloysius Pig, a character in the seventh season of Garfield and Friends.
- Bartholomew "Barry" Aloysius Dylan, a recurring antagonist of the show Archer
- Aloysius Castleroy, Lord Castleroy in Reign.
- Hunter Aloysius Percy, character in the Netflix series The OA.
- Owlowiscious, Twilight Sparkle's pet owl in My Little Pony.
- Aloysius T. McKeever, hobo squatter in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947).
- Aloysius Gogarty, Mrs. Random's gardener in Bringing Up Baby (1938).
- Aloysius, an anthropomorphic wolf who would get into a situation and have to be rescued by the other characters in the story.
- Aloysius III, character from Cartoon Network miniseries Infinity Train
- Aloysius Samberly, recurring character on Agent Carter
- Theodore Aloysius McGriff, character from Nickelodeon series Hey Dude His middle name is revealed by Danny in the episode Loose Lips.
- Aloysius Kallig is a character in the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic who appears in the Sith Inquisitor class story.
Education
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