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01 / Meaning & origin
Affonso is a masculine given name.
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Affonso— “eagerness for war”
The Spanish Goths, too, had their compounds of Hadu. The Lady Adosinda, whom Southey has placed collecting the corpses of her family in the ruins of the city destroyed by the Moors, is Haduswinth, or fierce strength; and the Portuguese Affonso is from Hadufuns. This last syllable, namely _funs_, means vehemence, and is, in fact, no other than our own undignified _fuss_; Affonso, Afonso, thus mean fierce fuss, though for more euphony, this lofty name of kings may be made into…
The Spanish Goths, too, had their compounds of Hadu. The Lady Adosinda, whom Southey has placed collecting the corpses of her family in the ruins of the city destroyed by the Moors, is Haduswinth, or fierce strength; and the Portuguese Affonso is from Hadufuns. This last syllable, namely _funs_, means vehemence, and is, in fact, no other than our own undignified _fuss_; Affonso, Afonso, thus mean fierce fuss, though for more euphony, this lofty name of kings may be made into warlike impetuosity.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section VI (Baldur and Hodur) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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