Alphonsine
Alphonsine was a French actress. She made her theatrical debut at the Gymnase-Enfantin, an entertainment venue formerly located near the Passage de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Alphonsine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alphonsine was a French actress. She made her theatrical debut at the Gymnase-Enfantin, an entertainment venue formerly located near the Passage de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Alphonsine
Alphonsine first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1882, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1889: 8 births, good for #950 nationwide. About 38% of every Alphonsine on record arrived during the 1880s, its defining decade. Alphonsine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 86 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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About the name Alphonsine
Alphonsine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 86 births in the dataset. Alphonsine's peak popularity came in 1889 when it ranked #950. Use the chart and map above to compare Alphonsine'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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