Given name & surname
Antoni
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
Antoni is a variant of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Antoni is a variant of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Antoni is a variant of Anthony. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Catalan and Polish Antoni, from Latin Antōnius.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antoni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,358
- 2,353 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,286 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 61 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,286 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 100 in 2007. In 2025, Illinois had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,046 as a first name in 2020; 428 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.
Antoni’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Antoni has a short form in Anton. Antoni shares a linguistic root with Anthony. In Polish usage, Antoni has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Antonio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antoni has relatives in 36 languages.
47 related names in 36 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Antoniocognate · Spanish, Italian
- TonyEnglish
- Antoniahas masculine form
- AntoineFrench
- Toniequivalent
- Antoninoequivalent
- Antoniosequivalent
- Anthoniequivalent
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- AntonieDutch
- AntoniusLatin, Swedish
- AntoninFrench
- Anthonequivalent
- AntalHungarian, Czech
- AndoniBasque
- Antoniiequivalent
- Antunequivalent
- Toninoequivalent
- 安東尼Chinese
- АнтонийRussian
- ΑντώνιοςGreek
- Antãodoublet · Portuguese
- Antôniodoublet · Portuguese
- Antanascognate · Lithuanian
- AnttonBasque, Finnish
- AntonsLatvian
- Tonetequivalent
- Antinequivalent
- Antónioequivalent
- Antoninusequivalent
- Jaontekwym
- Jantawym
- АнтонійUkrainian
- АнтінUkrainian
- АнтонUkrainian, Russian
- AntümiTurkish
- ΑντώνηςGreek
- AntonijsLatvian
- Tónkcsb
- Tónacsb
- Antóncsb
- AntóinIrish
- AntenehEstonian
- AntonoEsperanto
- AntonínCzech
- Atoanabe
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Antoni
- Antoni GaudíCatalan architect (1852–1926)
- Antoni GrabowskiPolish chemical engineer (1857–1921)
- Antoni TàpiesCatalan painter, sculptor and art theorist (1923-2012)
- Antoni RamalletsSpanish footballer (1924–2013)
- Antoni Martí6th Prime Minister of Andorra (1963–2023)
- Antoni Maria Alcover i Suredalinguist and writer (1862-1932)
- Antoni LangePolish writer and philosopher (1862–1929)
- Antanas BaranauskasLithuanian poet, mathematician and bishop (1835–1902)
- Antoni PiechniczekPolish footballerborn 1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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