boy's name
Aloïs
ah-lo-EES
- Origin French
- Gender Boy
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 11,181
France
#174
2025 births
Aloïs is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "famous warrior" — the same name as Louis, arrived at through a Latinized form rather than the French one. It ranks 174th in France and is rising in our data.
- Aloïs is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 2021, when 330 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 1,814 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
Aloïs over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 200 |
| 1910s | 210 |
| 1920s | 215 |
| 1930s | 135 |
| 1940s | 100 |
| 1950s | 35 |
| 1960s | 15 |
| 1970s | 25 |
| 1980s | 285 |
| 1990s | 1,030 |
| 2000s | 1,870 |
| 2010s | 2,435 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,890 |
What Aloïs means
Aloïs means famous warrior, from the Germanic hlud, fame, and wig, battle. It carries exactly the sense of Louis, because it is Louis — arrived at through a Latinized form rather than the French one.
Where Aloïs comes from
Aloïs is a German and French form descending from the Latin Aloysius, itself a Latinization of the Provençal Aloys, which comes from the same Frankish Chlodovech that gives Louis. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga was a sixteenth-century Italian Jesuit who gave up a marquisate, died at twenty-three nursing plague victims in Rome, and is the patron saint of young students. The name is common in Austria, Bavaria and Switzerland as Alois. Its most consequential bearer is Alois Alzheimer, the German psychiatrist who described the disease in 1906. The diaeresis in the French Aloïs marks the o and i as separately pronounced, giving three syllables — without it the reading changes entirely, which is the same work the mark does in Maëlys and Loïc.
Aloïs in use
Aloïs ranks 174th in France with about 325 births in 2025 and is rising in our data with a peak in 2021. Our records carry it from 1900. It is very rare elsewhere at 9,029th in the United States and 4,576th in England and Wales, where the diaeresis and the three-syllable reading give English speakers no obvious way in.
How popular is Aloïs?
In 2025, Aloïs was given to 325 babies in France, ranking #174 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Aloïs is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Aloïs is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Alois | Alois is a spelling of Aloïs, used in the United States, where it ranks #9,029. | 7,026 |
Names that peaked alongside Aloïs
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Aloïs also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aloïs over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Aloïs in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Aloïs
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aloïs — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Aloïs
What does the name Aloïs mean?
Aloïs means "famous warrior" — it is the same name as Louis, arrived at through Latin.
How do you pronounce Aloïs?
ah-lo-EES, three syllables. The diaeresis marks the o and i as separately sounded.
Is Aloïs related to Alzheimer?
Alois Alzheimer, who described the disease in 1906, carried the German form of the name.
How popular is Aloïs?
174th in France, where it is rising.
Is Aloïs a girl's or a boy's name?
Aloïs is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
Is Aloïs a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aloïs currently ranks #174 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.