Aloys
Alois is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs (French), Aloys (German), Alois (Czech), Alojz, Alojzy (Polish), Aloísio, Alajos (Hungarian), and Aloyzas (Lithuanian).
- Medieval Occitan
Meaning & Origin of Aloys
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alois is an Old Occitan form of the name Louis. Modern variants include Aloïs (French), Aloys (German), Alois (Czech), Alojz, Alojzy (Polish), Aloísio, Alajos (Hungarian), and Aloyzas (Lithuanian).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Medieval Occitan
The Story of Aloys
The earliest SSA record of Aloys as a baby boy name dates back to 1896, when 7 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Aloys — #1,374 in the national rankings. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Aloyss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1949 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 414 Aloyss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aloys
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About the name Aloys
Aloys is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 414 births in the dataset. Aloys's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,374. Use the chart and map above to compare Aloys's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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