Aloysius

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Aloysius ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|æ|l|oʊ|ˈ|ɪ|ʃ|ə|s}} {{respell|AL|oh|ISH|əs}}) is a given name.

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.{{cite web|url=http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/name-meaning/aloysius|title=Meaning and Origin of Aloysius - FamilyEducation|publisher=|accessdate=7 December 2017}}

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