Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Antonis isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antonis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 94 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 7 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 as a first name in 2020; 138 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.
Antonis’s family of names
In Greek usage, Antonis as a surname is a transliteration of Αντωνής. In Greek usage, Antonis as a surname is a transliteration of Αντόνις. In Greek usage, Antonis as a surname is a transliteration of Αντώνης.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Anthonyequivalent
- Antonequivalent
- Antoniosequivalent
- Αντώνιοςequivalent
- Nakosequivalent
- Antonakisequivalent
- Антонequivalent
- Νάκοςequivalent
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People named Antonis
- Antonis SamarasPrime Minister of Greece (2012–2015)born 1951
- Antonios NikopolidisGreek footballer and managerborn 1971
- Antonis Morpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1519–1575)1517–1575
- Antonis FotsisTurkish-Greek basketball player (born 1981)
- Antonis AntoniadisGreek footballerborn 1946
- Antonis SamarakisGreek writer (1919–2003)
- Antonis MinouGreek footballerborn 1958
- Antonis GiorgallidisCypriot footballerborn 1982
- Antonis BenakisGreek art collector (1873–1954)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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