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* Hindi: एंथनी (Ēnthanī)
* Hindi: एंथनी (Ēnthanī)
* Hungarian: Antal, Tóni
* Hungarian: Antal, Tóni
* Indonesian: Anthony, Antoninus, Toni, Antonio, Nino, Anton
* Irish: Antaine, Antoine, Antóin
* Irish: Antaine, Antoine, Antóin
* Italian: Antonio, Antonino, Antonello, Nino, Toni, Tonino, Tonio, Totò
* Italian: Antonio, Antonino, Antonello, Nino, Toni, Tonino, Tonio, Totò
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==People==
==People==
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* [[Anthony Araújo]], Portuguese Architect
* [[Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg]]
* [[Anthony I, Count of Oldenburg]]
* [[Anthony, King of Saxony]]
* [[Anthony, King of Saxony]]
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* [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]], British Tory politician, philanthropist, and social reformer
* [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]], British Tory politician, philanthropist, and social reformer
* [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury]], British peer
* [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury]], British peer
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* [[Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick]]
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* [[Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green]]
* [[Anthony Adams]], American television host, actor, comedian, and former football defensive tackle
* [[Anthony Adams]], American television host, actor, comedian, and former football defensive tackle
* [[Anthony Irvine Adams]], Australian public health physician
* [[Anthony Irvine Adams]], Australian public health physician
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* [[Anthony Andrews]], British actor
* [[Anthony Andrews]], British actor
* [[Anthony Annan]], Ghanaian footballer
* [[Anthony Annan]], Ghanaian footballer
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* [[Anthony Araújo]], Portuguese architect
* [[Anthony Joseph Arduengo III]], American chemist
* [[Anthony Joseph Arduengo III]], American chemist
* [[Anthony Ashnault]], American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler
* [[Anthony Ashnault]], American freestyle wrestler and graduated folkstyle wrestler
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* [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)]], American singer, songwriter and record producer
* [[Anthony Hamilton (musician)]], American singer, songwriter and record producer
* [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)]], English snooker player
* [[Anthony Hamilton (snooker player)]], English snooker player
* [[Anthony Hankerson]] (born 2004), American football player
* [[Anthony Hardy]], English serial killer
* [[Anthony Hardy]], English serial killer
* [[Anthony Harris (safety)]], American football player
* [[Anthony Harris (safety)]], American football player
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* [[Anthony Modeste (French footballer)]], French professional footballer
* [[Anthony Modeste (French footballer)]], French professional footballer
* [[Anthony Mundine]], Australian boxer, rugby league footballer and rapper
* [[Anthony Mundine]], Australian boxer, rugby league footballer and rapper
* [[Anthony Muli]], Kenyan citizen, Electrical Engineer, Loved by many
* [[Anthony Nash (hurler)]], Irish hurler
* [[Anthony Nash (hurler)]], Irish hurler
* [[Anthony Neilson]], Scottish playwright and director
* [[Anthony Neilson]], Scottish playwright and director
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* [[Anthony Ulasewicz]], American investigator
* [[Anthony Ulasewicz]], American investigator
* [[Anthony Ulonnam]], Nigerian Paralympic weightlifter
* [[Anthony Ulonnam]], Nigerian Paralympic weightlifter
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* [[Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick]]
* [[Anthony Ulwick]], American businessman
* [[Anthony Ulwick]], American businessman
* [[Anthony Upton (judge)]], English judge
* [[Anthony Upton (judge)]], English judge
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* [[Anthony Young (baseball)]], American baseball pitcher
* [[Anthony Young (baseball)]], American baseball pitcher
* [[Anthony Young (musician)]], English organist and composer
* [[Anthony Young (musician)]], English organist and composer
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* [[Anthony Young, Baron Young of Norwood Green]]
* [[Anthony Zaccaria]], Italian saint
* [[Anthony Zaccaria]], Italian saint
* [[Anthony Zador]], American neuroscientist
* [[Anthony Zador]], American neuroscientist

Latest revision as of 01:10, 21 September 2024

For other uses, see Anthony (disambiguation).
Anthony
Mark Antony
PronunciationUK: /ˈæntəni/, US: /ˈænθəni/[1]
GenderMale
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)Latin, possibly from Etruscan
Word/nameAntonius
Other names
Alternative spelling
Variant form(s)
  • Antony
  • Antonio
  • Anton
  • Antonis
  • Antoine
  • Antun
  • Ante
  • Anto
  • Anton
  • Toni
  • Tonino
Pet form(s)Ant, Anton, Antonino, Nino, Toni, Tony, Tone, Toño

Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.[2] Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries.[3] It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland.[4]

Equivalents include Antonio in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; Αντώνιος in Greek; António or Antônio in Portuguese; Antoni in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; Anton in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; Antoine in French; Antal in Hungarian; and Antun or Ante in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Tony or Toni (sometimes Tone, Ant, Anth or Anton). Its use as a Christian name was due to the veneration of Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism, particularly in Egypt. Also significant was the later cult of Saint Anthony of Padua.

In the United States, it was the 43rd most popular male name in 2021, according to the Social Security Administration.[5] When the background is Italian, Nino or Toni, shortened from Antonino, are used. Its popularity in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1940s; in 1944 it was the sixth most popular male name and was still as high as 14th in 1964.[6]

Spelling and pronunciation

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The name was historically spelled Antony, as in William Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra. In the 17th century, the letter "h" was inserted into the spelling on the belief that the name derived from the Greek word ἄνθος (anthos), meaning "flower".[7][8] In Britain, the historical pronunciation /ˈæntəni/ predominates for both spellings, while in the United States the spelling pronunciation /ˈænθəni/ is more common when the "Anthony" spelling is used.[9]

Translations and variants

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  • Albanian: Andon (standard Albanian and Tosk Albanian dialect), Ndue (Gheg Albanian dialect), Anton
  • Arabic: أنتوني، انطوان، انطون، طانيوس، طنّوس، (Tannus, Tanyus, Aintun, Aintiwan, 'Antuni)
  • Basque: Andoni, Antton
  • Belarusian: Антон (Anton), Антось (Antos), Энтані (Entani)
  • Bengali: এন্থনি (Ēnthoni), আন্তোনিও (Āntōni'ō)
  • Bulgarian: Anton, Antonio, Antoan, Andon, Doncho, Toni
  • Catalan: Antoni, Toni
  • Chinese: 安东尼 (simplified), 安東尼 (traditional) (Mandarin: Āndōngní, Cantonese: Ōndūngnèih)
  • Croatian: Anton, Antonio, Antonijo, Antun, Ante, Anto, Tonči, Tonći, Toni
  • Czech: Anton, Antonín, Tonik, Tonda
  • Dalmatian: Tuone
  • Danish: Anton, Anthon
  • Dutch: Anton, Antoon, Antonie, Antonius, Teun, Teunis, Theun, Theunis, Ton, Toon
  • English: Anthony, Antonio, Tony
  • Esperanto: Antono, Anĉjo
  • Estonian: Anton, Tõnis, Tõnu, Tõnn
  • Filipino: Antonio, Antón, Onyo, Onying, Ton, Tonton, Tonio, Tonyo, Tunyíng
  • Finnish: Anton, Anttoni, Antton, Antto, Toni
  • French: Antoine, Antonin
  • Galician: Antón
  • German: Anton, Toni, Antonius, Tünn
  • Greek: Αντώνιος (Antó̱nios), Αντώνης (Antonis), Andonios, Andonis
  • Gujarati: એન્થની (Ēnthanī)
  • Hawaiian: Anakoni, Akoni
  • Hebrew: אנטוני (ʾAnṭônî), טוני (Ṭônî)
  • Hindi: एंथनी (Ēnthanī)
  • Hungarian: Antal, Tóni
  • Indonesian: Anthony, Antoninus, Toni, Antonio, Nino, Anton
  • Irish: Antaine, Antoine, Antóin
  • Italian: Antonio, Antonino, Antonello, Nino, Toni, Tonino, Tonio, Totò
  • Japanese: アンソニー (Ansonī), アントン (Anton), アントニオ (Antonio)
  • Kannada: ಆಂಟನಿ (Āṇṭani)
  • Korean: 앤토니 (Aentoni)
  • Latin: Antonius, Antoninus
  • Latvian: Antonijs, Antons
  • Lithuanian: Antanas
  • Luxembourgish: Tun
  • Macedonian: Anton, Antonij, Andon, Doncho
  • Marathi: अंन्थोनी (Annthōnī)
  • Malayalam: ആൻ്റണി (Antoni), അന്തോണി (Anthōṇī)
  • Malta: Toni, Toninu, Ninu (Anthony)
  • Mongolian: Антони (Antoni)
  • Nepali: एन्थोनी (Ēnthōnī)
  • Norwegian: Anton
  • Persian: آنتونی (Antoni)
  • Polish: Anton, Antoni, Antek, Antoś, Antonin, Tolek, Tonek
  • Portuguese: António (fem. Antónia), Antônio (fem. Antônia), and Antão, with diminutives Tó, Toino, Toni and Toninho.
  • Romanian: Anton
  • Russian: Антон (Anton)
  • Sami: Ante
  • Serbian: Антоније (Antonije), Анто (Anto)
  • Sheng: Anto, Toni
  • Slovak: Anton, Tóno, Tónko (diminutive)
  • Slovene: Anton, Tone
  • Spanish: Antonio, Antón, Toni, Toño (diminutive)
  • Swahili: Antoni, Antonio, Toni
  • Swedish: Anton, Ante
  • Sylheti: আন্তনি (Antoni)
  • Tamil: அந்தோணி (Antōṇi)
  • Telugu: ఆంథోనీ (Ānthōnī)
  • Thai: แอนโทนี่ (Xæ n tho nī̀)
  • Turkish: Antuvan
  • Ukrainian: Антон (Anton), Антін (Antin), Антоній (Antonij)
  • Urdu: انتھونی (Anthōnī)

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Anthony Soprano, a fictional character from the HBO TV series The Sopranos, portrayed by American actor James Gandolfini
  • Anthony DiNozzo, a fictional character from the CBS TV series NCIS, portrayed by American actor Michael Weatherly
  • Anthony Zimmer, a 2005 French romantic thriller film written and directed by Jérôme Salle and starring Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal, and Sami Frey

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  2. ^ Plutarch. "Antony". He had also a noble dignity of form; and a shapely beard, a broad forehead, and an aquiline nose were thought to show the virile qualities peculiar to the portraits and statues of Heracles. Moreover, there was an ancient tradition that the Antonii were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles.
  3. ^ "Anthony". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "Anthony". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "Popular Baby Names". Ssa.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  6. ^ "Anthony - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Anthony". BabyNames.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  7. ^ Withycombe, E. G. (1950) The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp. 26-27
  8. ^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Anthony". Behindthename.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  9. ^ Wells, John C. (1990). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow, England: Longman. p. 30. ISBN 0-582-05383-8. entry "Anthony"
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