Given name & surname
Antonius
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
Antonius 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
Antonius 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
An origin associated with this spelling is Roman.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antonius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 622
- 622 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 735 as a first name in 2020; 141 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.
Antonius’s family of names
In German usage, Antonius has a short form in Anton. In Latin usage, Antonius has a feminine form in Antonia. Antonius has a related form in Anthony.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antonius has relatives in 29 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Antonius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 48
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AntonioSpanish
- Antoniafeminine form · Latin
- AntonyEnglish
- AntoineFrench
- Toniequivalent
- AntoniPolish
- Antoninoequivalent
- Antoniosequivalent
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- Antoniederivative · Romanian
- Andoniderivative · Basque
- Antalderivative · Hungarian
- AnthonDanish
- AntoninFrench
- Antinequivalent
- Antoninusequivalent
- Антонийequivalent
- Entoniequivalent
- Toninoequivalent
- ܐܢܛܘܢܝܘܣequivalent
- أنطونيوسequivalent
- Антонborrowing · Russian
- AntoniuszPolish
- Tyynismaaderivative · Finnish
- ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲉborrowing · Coptic
- ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓborrowing · Coptic
- ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥborrowing · Coptic
- ΑντώνιοςGreek
- AntãoPortuguese
- AntônioPortuguese
- Tynysderivative · Finnish
- Ndokderivative · Albanian
- Antòniderivative · Occitan
- Antunederivative · dlm
- Ndocborrowing · Albanian
- Antonucciderivative · Italian
- Tontonderivative · ceb
- Tønnesderivative · Danish
- Antoniuborrowing · Romanian
- Antonsderivative · Latvian
- Tõnisderivative · Estonian
- Anttoniderivative · Finnish
- AntunCroatian
- AnttonBasque
- AntonoEsperanto
- AntonínCzech
- Antónequivalent
- Antōniushas masculine form
- AntónioPortuguese
People named Antonius
- Ton KoopmanDutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, born 2 October 1944
- Antonius ColenbranderDutch equestrian1889–1929
- Antonius van den BroekDutch physicist and lawyer (1870-1926)
- Antoine MazairacDutch racing cyclist (1901-1966)
- Antonius van LoonDutch tug of war competitor (1888-1962)
- Antonius ClevelandAmerican basketball player (born 1994)
- Toon TellegenDutch writer, poet, and physicianborn 1941
- Antonius Subianto BunjaminIndonesian catholic bishopborn 1968
- Antonius AndreasSpanish Franciscan theologian1280–1320
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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