MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ildefonso mean?
Ildefonso is the Spanish continuation of a Germanic name preserved in medieval Latin as Ildephonsus and Hildephonsus. The usual analysis joins a battle element with one meaning ready or eager.
Saint Ildefonsus of Toledo, a seventh-century bishop, is an early historical bearer. Its resemblance to Alfonso reflects related Germanic naming material, but the two spellings should not simply be treated as interchangeable abbreviations.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Spanish
- /ildeˈfonso/
- [il̪.d̪eˈfõn.so]
Il · de · fon · so4 written divisions
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Origin and name formation
Spanish / Germanic / Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
Spanish
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin Ildephonsus, Ildefonsus, Hildephonsus, probably from Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐍆𐌿𐌽𐍃 (*hildifuns), from the Proto-Germanic elements *hildiz (“battle, fight”) + *funsaz (“ready”). See also Alfonso. The earliest historical figure with this name was Ildephonsus of Toledo (607-667 A.D.).
a male given name from Gothic
Wiktionary: Ildefonso (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Ildefonso
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr.
Filipino architect (1929-2014)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ildefonso Santos
Filipino poet and artist (1896–1984)
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- Alfonso♂Noble and ready, in the usual Gothic analysis
- Ildebrando♂Italian form in the Hildebrand family
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 5 elected-candidate records ·
ILDEFONSO
· CSV row 3,364 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 3 person records with this given name · Q3796357 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q3796357 — Ildefonso (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Ildefonso Santos (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr. (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Ildefonso (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Ildefonso (opens in a new tab)