THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Aloysius
Aloysius is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Aloysius Baes. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /æl.əʊˈɪʃ.əs/Received-Pronunciation
- /æl.əʊˈɪs.ɪəs/Received-Pronunciation
- /əˈlɔɪʃəs/Philippines · Singapore
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Latinization of Occitan Aloys, an Occitan form of Louis. Doublet of Louis.
A male given name from the Germanic languages, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
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People with the name Aloysius
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Aloysius Baes
Filipino environmental chemist, environmental and pro-democracy activist, educator and musician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Aloysius Baes
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Aloysius in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Aloysius
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Albasir·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Alexis♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Alfonsito·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Allyson♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Alodia♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Alyssa♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Alyssia·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Claudius·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Aloysius?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Aloysius further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q2650689 — Aloysius (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Aloysius Baes (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q2650689 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Aloysius (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.