Alfons
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Alfons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alfons has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 24 |
| 1999 | 30 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 51 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2003 | 62 |
| 2004 | 95 |
| 2005 | 99 |
| 2006 | 100 |
| 2007 | 107 |
| 2008 | 114 |
| 2009 | 104 |
| 2010 | 103 |
| 2011 | 99 |
| 2012 | 85 |
| 2013 | 86 |
| 2014 | 66 |
| 2015 | 69 |
| 2016 | 75 |
| 2017 | 65 |
| 2018 | 54 |
| 2019 | 65 |
| 2020 | 80 |
| 2021 | 70 |
| 2022 | 72 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 336 |
| 2000 | 369 |
| 2001 | 410 |
| 2002 | 466 |
| 2003 | 516 |
| 2004 | 606 |
| 2005 | 701 |
| 2006 | 794 |
| 2007 | 883 |
| 2008 | 1,001 |
| 2009 | 1,096 |
| 2010 | 1,195 |
| 2011 | 1,285 |
| 2012 | 1,362 |
| 2013 | 1,444 |
| 2014 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 1,569 |
| 2016 | 1,644 |
| 2017 | 1,702 |
| 2018 | 1,750 |
| 2019 | 1,815 |
| 2020 | 1,888 |
Alfons in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alfons.Hi! My name is Alfons.
- Har du träffat Alfons? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Alfons? He started working here on Monday.
- Alfons har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Alfons has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Alfons mamma är lärare.Alfons's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Alfons mamma is Alfons's mum. Because Alfons already ends in s, nothing is added.
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How do you pronounce Alfons in Swedish?
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What does the name Alfons mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Alfonso.
How popular is Alfons in Sweden?
72 babies were named Alfons in 2022. In 2020, 1,888 people in Sweden had Alfons as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.