Given name
Anthonia
In English use, Anthonia has a related form in Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Anthonia has a related form in Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anthonia is a form of Antonia. Antonia comes from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anthonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 191
- 0 boys · 191 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 12 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 girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 871 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anthonia’s family of names
In English usage, Anthonia has a related form in Antonia. In Danish usage, Anthonia has a conventional equivalent in the German form Antonia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Anthonia
- Anthonia FatunsinNigerian archaeologistborn 2000
- Anthonia Ifeyinwa AchikeNigerian agricultural economist
- Anthonia KleinhoonteDutch botanist (1887–1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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