Aloysius
Aloysius is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Germany, East Frisia
- US records 1880–2017
- 5,573 male / 0 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Aloysius
If you do not know Aloysius’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Aloysius,” in English, “Guten Tag Aloysius,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Aloysius,
German
Guten Tag Aloysius,
French
Bonjour Aloysius,
Spanish
Estimado/a Aloysius:
Chinese
Aloysius您好：
Japanese
Aloysius様
English
Hi Aloysius,
German
Hi Aloysius,
French
Salut Aloysius,
Spanish
Hola Aloysius,
Chinese
Aloysius你好：
Japanese
Aloysiusさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
| Germany | rare | man's name |
| East Frisia | rare | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
| Malta | rare | man's name |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
5,573 male · 0 female · 5,573 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 100% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Aloysius a male or female name?
Aloysius is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Aloysius in an email?
If you do not know Aloysius’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Aloysius,” in English, “Guten Tag Aloysius,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Aloysius a unisex name?
Aloysius is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Aloysius a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/aloysius. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_aloysius,
title = {Is Aloysius a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/aloysius},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}