Aloysius ( ) is a given name. Etymology It is a Latinisation of the names Alois, Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and other cognates (traditionally in Medieval Latin as Ludovicus or Chlodovechus), ultimately from Frankish *Hlūdawīg, from Proto-Germanic *Hlūdawīgą ("famous battle"). In the US, the name is rare, with fewer than 0.001% of babies receiving the name since the 1940s. Most of those were Roman Catholics. People Notable people with the name include: Alois Alzheimer Aloysius Ambrozic Aloysius Bertrand Aloysius Gonzaga (St Aloysius) James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, Irish novelist and poet Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger (1927-2022), birth name of Pope Benedict XVI, who served as Pope from 2005 until 2013 Aloysius Lilius 1510-1576 doctor, astronomer, philosopher and chronologist Aloysius Schmitt Aloysius Stepinac Aloysius Szymanski, given name for Baseball Hall of Famer Al Simmons Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor Chathurartha Devadithya Gardiyawasam Lindamulage Roy Aloysius Felix de Silva (born 1937), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and director James Farley, politician whose given name was James Aloysius Farley John Aloysius Fahey Aloysius John Jordan (1906-1957), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s Petrus Aloysius (19 November 1503 – 10 September 1547), Duke of Piacenza and illegitimate son of Pope Paul III R. A. Lafferty Aloysius Pieris, Sri Lankan Sinhala Jesuit priest James Aloysius Carroll, Canadian actor Aloysius Paulus Maria van Gaal, given name for Dutch football manager Louis van Gaal Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Jamaican-American retired Hall of Fame basketball player Thomas Aloysius Keller, American Chef and Restaurateur Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr, best-selling American writer Aloysius John Wycisło, was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1968 to 1983 Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, English musician otherwise known as Elvis Costello Januarius Aloysius MacGahan (1844–1878), Irish-American journalist and war correspondent Fictional characters Aloysius, in Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited. Aloysius Creevey, character in the show Skins. Aloysius Hands, character in Rafael Bernal’s 1946 novella, The Strange Case of Aloysius Hands. Aloysius McGillicuddy, putative inventor of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. Aloysius Nell, a police office and character in the Stephen King novel It. Aloysius Parker, the chauffeur of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds. Aloysius Pendergast, protagonist of several novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Aloysius K. Randall, protagonist in the war film Wake Island (film) Aloysius Snuffleupagus ("Mr. Snuffleupagus") of Sesame Street. Lynn Aloysius Belvedere ("Mr.