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Антон
Антон (Antón) is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Bulgarian.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Antony.
Meaning & origin
Антон’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Антон has an affectionate form in Анто. In Russian usage, Антон shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form ANTANAS. In Russian usage, Антон has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Antonio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Антон has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Антон comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Antoniussource · Latin
- Anthonyequivalent
- AntonioSpanish, Italian
- Tonyequivalent
- AntonyEnglish
- AntoineFrench
- Toniequivalent
- AntoniPolish
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- Antoninoequivalent
- Antoniosequivalent
- Antoninequivalent
- Antonisequivalent
- Antalequivalent
- Antoniiequivalent
- Антінequivalent
- Antonijeequivalent
- Antónioequivalent
- Antoninusequivalent
- Antonínequivalent
- Antunequivalent
- Entoniequivalent
- Toninoequivalent
- AntãoPortuguese
- AntônioPortuguese
- Antanascognate · Lithuanian
- AnttonBasque
- Αντώνιοςequivalent
- Antinequivalent
- Αντώνηςequivalent
- Антоні́наfeminine form
- Анто́нhas masculine form
- AntonoEsperanto
- АнтъонOssetian
- АнтъоOssetian
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Антон
- Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
- Anton DenikinRussian military and political leader (1872–1947)
- Anton RubinsteinRussian pianist, composer and conductor (1829–1894)
- Anton MakarenkoUkrainian and Soviet educator and writer1888–1939
- Anton YelchinAmerican actor (1989–2016)
- ZeddGerman electronic music producer (born 1989)
- Anton MiranchukRussian association football player (born 1995)
- Anton ShuninRussian footballerborn 1987
- Anton ArenskyRussian composer, pianist and professor of music1861–1906
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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