Given name & surname
Anteo
Anteo is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Anteo is a variant of Antaeus. An origin associated with Antaeus is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anteo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Anteo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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