Given name
António
“valuable”
António is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.
Original LatinAntonius
Meaning & origin
António’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, António shares an earlier linguistic root with Antão. In Portuguese usage, António has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anthony. In Portuguese usage, António has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Antonio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
António has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere António comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named António
- António GuterresSecretary-General of the United Nations since 2017born 1949
- António de Oliveira SalazarPrime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)
- António CostaPortuguese politician, President of the European Council since 2024 (1961-)
- António Egas MonizPortuguese politian and neurosurgeon (1874-1955)
- BetoPortuguese association football playerborn 1982
- António Lobo AntunesPortuguese writer (1942-2026)
- António José SeguroPresident of Portugalborn 1962
- António de SpínolaPresident of Portugal (1974)1910–1996
- António Ramalho EanesPresident of Portugalborn 1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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