Given name · Ancient Greek
Ἀντίγονος
“against; comparable to”·“offspring; lineage, begetting”
Ἀντίγονος (Antĭ́gonos) is a masculine given name. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Antígonos.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ἀντίγονος is built from elements meaning “against; comparable to” and “offspring; lineage, begetting”.
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How it developed
Built from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ- (“against; comparable to”) + γόνος (“offspring; lineage, begetting”).
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Ἀντίγονος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀντίγονος has a transliteration in Antígonos. In Ancient Greek usage, Ἀντίγονος can be written in the Roman alphabet as Antĭ́gonos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ἀντίγονος
- Antigonus I MonophthalmusMacedonian general, founder of Antigonid dynasty (382–301 BC)381 BC–300 BC
- Antigonus II Gonatasking of Macedonia318 BC–239 BC
- Antigonus III Dosonking of Macedonia262 BC–220 BC
- Antigonus II Mattathiasking of Judea79 BC–36 BC
- Antigonus of Carystusancient Greek writer294 BC–300 BC
- Antigonus of SokhoThird century BCE Jewish scholar
- Antigonus, son of Echecratesmember of Macedonian Antigonid dynasty300 BC–178 BC
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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