Given name
Antão
“priceless”
Antão is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinAntonius
Meaning & origin
Antão’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Antão shares an earlier linguistic root with Anthony. In Portuguese usage, Antão has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Antonio. In Portuguese usage, Antão has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anthony.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antão has relatives in 38 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Antão comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AntoniusLatin, Dutch
- Anthonydoublet · English, Portuguese
- AntonioItalian, Spanish
- AntonSwedish, Romanian
- Antonydoublet · Portuguese
- AntoineFrench
- Antonidoublet · Portuguese, Polish
- AntalHungarian
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- AnteCroatian
- 安東尼Chinese
- अंतांवderivative · kok
- Antôniodoublet · Portuguese
- Antóniodoublet · Portuguese
- AntümiTurkish
- АнтонијеSerbian
- АнтонRussian
- AntoniuRomanian
- AntekPolish
- AntninMaltese
- AntanasLithuanian
- AntonsLatvian
- アンソニーJapanese
- AntaineIrish
- AntoonDutch
- ʻAkoniHawaiian
- ΑντώνηςGreek
- ΑντώνιοςGreek
- AnttoniFinnish
- AntonoEsperanto
- AntunCroatian
- 安东尼Chinese
- AntonínCzech
- AnttonBasque
- أنتونيArabic
- António//Antôniodoublet · Portuguese
People named Antão
- Antão GonçalvesPortuguese explorer1415–1501
- António Martins de ChavesCatholic cardinal1390–1447
- Antão de NoronhaViceroy of Portuguese India1520–1569
- Antão de Almada, 7th Count of AvranchesPortuguese military personnel1573–1644
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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