Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anthon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 406
- 406 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 14 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 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 631 as a first name in 2020; 510 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anthon’s family of names
Anthon has a surname derivative in Anthonsen. In Danish usage, Anthon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anthony. In Danish usage, Anthon has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Antonio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anthon has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Anthon comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AntonGerman
- AnthonyEnglish
- AntonioSpanish
- AntoineFrench
- Antoniequivalent
- AntoniusLatin
- AntoninFrench
- Anthonsen“son of” surname · Danish
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People named Anthon
- Anthon van RappardDutch painter and draughtsman (1858-1892)
- Anthon CharmigDanish cyclist, born 1998
- Anthon BangDanish-Norwegian writer and publisher1809–1870
- Anthon ErikssonSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1995
- Anthon B. NilsenNorwegian politician (1855-1936)
- Anthon H. LundApostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1844-1921)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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