Given name & surname · also Slavic
Antonie
Antonie is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Original LatinAntonius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Antonie is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Antonie comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Romanian usage, Antonie as a surname developed from the Latin form Antonius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antonie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 807
- 786 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,783 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,783 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 745 as a first name in 2020; 148 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.
Antonie’s family of names
In Czech usage, Antonie has a diminutive in Tonička. Antonie shares a linguistic root with Antonia. In Czech usage, Antonie has a conventional equivalent in the French form Antoinette.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antonie has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Antonie comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Antoniusroot · Latin
- Antonioequivalent
- AntoniPolish
- AntoinetteFrench
- Antoninaequivalent
- Nelaequivalent
- Антонинаequivalent
- Antòniaequivalent
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See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Antonie
- Antonie van LeeuwenhoekDutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
- Antonie BrentanoAustrian philanthropist (1780-1869)
- Antonie Sminck PitlooDutch painter (1790-1837)
- Antonie KamerlingDutch actor (1966–2010)
- Antonie HegerlíkováCzech actress (1923–2012)
- Antonie Vodă din PopeștiRuler of Wallachia
- Antonie AdambergerAustrian actress, fiancée of Theodor Körner (1790–1867)
- Antonie NedošinskáCzech actress1885–1950
- Antonie JaeckelGerman actress (1876–1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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