Given name
Antanas
Antanas is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Antanas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Antanas has a diminutive in Antanėlis. In Lithuanian usage, Antanas shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Antoni. In Lithuanian usage, Antanas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anthony.
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Around the world
Antanas has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
14 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AnthonyEnglish
- AntonioSpanish
- AntonGerman
- AntoineFrench
- Antonicognate · Polish
- 安東尼Chinese
- Антонcognate · Russian
- AntãoPortuguese
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People named Antanas
- Antanas Smetonafirst President of Lithuania from 4 April 1919 until 19 June 1920 (1874-1944)
- Antanas MerkysLithuanian politician (1887-1955)
- Antanas SniečkusSoviet politician (1903-1974)
- Antanas KavaliauskasLithuanian basketball player (born 1984)
- Antanas BagdonavičiusLithuanian rower (1938–2024)
- Antanas ŠkėmaLithuanian actor-writer1910–1961
- Antanas GuogaLithuanian politician and poker player (born 1973)
- Antanas VenclovaSoviet politician (1906-1971)
- Antanas SireikaLithuanian basketball coachborn 1956
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