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This article is about the given name. For the surname, see Afonso (surname). For the river in São Tomé and Príncipe, see Ribeira Afonso.

Afonso

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic languages
Meaning	see Alphons
Popularity	see popular names

Afonso is a masculine given name, the Portuguese and Galician form of Alphons.

Portuguese aristocrats

• Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185)
• Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223)
• Afonso III of Portugal (1210–1279)
• Afonso IV of Portugal (1291–1357)
• Afonso V of Portugal (1432–1481)
• Afonso VI of Portugal (1643–1683)
• Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377–1461)
• Afonso, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1475–1491), heir apparent to the Portuguese throne
• Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865–1920), heir apparent to the Portuguese throne
• Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre (1263–1312), son of Afonso III of Portugal
• Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509–1540), Portuguese archbishop, cardinal and bishop
• Afonso, Prince of Beira (born 1996), heir apparent to the current pretender to the defunct Portuguese throne

Rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo

• Afonso I of Kongo (c. 1456–1542 or 1543)
• Afonso II of Kongo (fl. 1561)
• Afonso III of Kongo (died 1674)

Others

• Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515), Portuguese general, admiral, statesman, conquistador and governor of India
• Afonso de Alprão (died 1422), Portuguese Franciscan friar, writer, royal confessor and papal inquisitor
• Afonso Alves (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Afonso Assis (born 2006), Portuguese footballer
• Afonso Casasnovas (1925–2009), Spanish Salesian priest
• Afonso Cláudio (politician) (1859–1934), Brazilian politician, teacher and poet
• Afonso Costa (1871–1937), Portuguese lawyer, professor and politician
• Afonso Costa (rower) (born 1996), Portuguese rower
• Afonso Figueiredo (born 1993), Portuguese former footballer
• Afonso Florence (born 1960), Brazilian politician
• Afonso Freitas (born 2000), Portuguese footballer
• Afonso Patrão (born 2007), Portuguese footballer
• Afonso Pena (1847–1909), Brazilian lawyer, professor and politician
• Afonso Rodrigues (born 2002), Portuguese footballer
• Afonso Taira (born 1992), Portuguese footballer

See also

• Alphons
• Aponso, a list of people with the given name
• Ildefonso (disambiguation)