Alphonse

Capone's given name

Alphonse is a French masculine given name, from a Germanic name meaning "noble and ready." It appears in various European forms: Alfonso (Spanish, Italian), Afonso (Portuguese), Alfons (German).

The name carries old-world, continental associations in English-speaking contexts.

Alphonse and Gaston refers to two excessively polite characters from an early comic strip, now describing elaborate mutual deference: After you—no, after you.

name

Capone

Notorious Chicago crime boss

patronymName from one's father
FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
masculineMale in character

given · forename · moniker · appellation · heritage · ancestry · genealogy · lineage · identity · baptismal

literary

alchemy

Mystical metal transformation

brotherhoodKinship among men
protagonistStory's central figure
mangaJapanese comic medium

anime · armor · soul · transmutation · characterization · fiction · narrative · naturalism · realism · French literature

artistic

Art Nouveau

Curvilinear decorative movement, 1890s

posterDisplayed printed notice
illustrationPicture explaining something
SlavicOf certain Eastern Europeans

Czech · decorative · botanical · flowing · feminine · lithograph · theatrical · ornamental · Byzantine · gilded

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Indian Ocean IslandsMaldives, Rodrigues, Christmas Island, coral islands, atolls
SeychellesVictoria, outer islands, coral islands, rupee, Creole culture

Opposites

name type

AlphonseSmith

Ubiquitous English surname

Johnson · surname · family name · last name · patronymic

gender association

AlphonseJosephine

Woman's formal name

Marie · Charlotte · Colette · Antoinette · Marguerite

name style/era

AlphonseJayden

Contemporary masculine name

Brayden · Aiden · Tyler · Brandon · Cody

Family

Alfonso, Alfie, Alonzo

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G