Antonin

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French form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO). This name was borne by the French playwright Antonin Artaud (1896-1948).

ANTONINO   male   Italian
Italian form of the Roman name Antoninus, which was derived from Antonius (see ANTHONY). There were several early saints named Antoninus, including the patron saint of Sorrento. This was also the name of a 2nd-century Roman emperor.
ANTHONY   male   English
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus. When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).

The name became regularly used in the Christian world due to the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, a 4th-century Egyptian hermit who founded Christian monasticism. Its popularity was reinforced in the Middle Ages by the 13th-century Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of Portugal. It has been commonly (but incorrectly) associated with Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower", which resulted in the addition of the h to this spelling in the 17th century.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antoninus
CZECH: Antonín
ITALIAN: Antonino
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ITALIAN: Nino
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonina
CROATIAN: Nina
CZECH: Nina
DANISH: Nina
DUTCH: Nina
ENGLISH: Nena, Nina
FINNISH: Nina
FRENCH: Nina, Ninette
GERMAN: Nina
ITALIAN: Antonina, Nina
NORWEGIAN: Nina
POLISH: Antonina, Nina, Tosia
RUSSIAN: Antonina, Nina
SERBIAN: Nina
SLOVAK: Nina
SLOVENE: Nina
SWEDISH: Nina
OTHER FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Antoine, Antwan, Latonya
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonia, Antonius
BASQUE: Andoni, Antton
BULGARIAN: Andon, Anton, Doncho, Donka
CATALAN: Antoni
CROATIAN: Ante, Antica, Anto, Anton, Antonela, Antonija, Antonijo, Antonio, Antun, Nela, Tonći, Tonči, Toni, Tonka
CZECH: Antonie
DANISH: Anton, Antonia
DUTCH: Anton, Antonia, Antonie, Antonius, Antoon, Teun, Teuna, Teunis, Theun, Theunis, Ton, Toon
ENGLISH: Anthony, Antonette, Antonia, Antony, Nia, Toni, Tonia, Tony, Tonya
ESPERANTO: Anĉjo, Antono
ESTONIAN: Anton, Tõnis
FINNISH: Anton, Anttoni, Toini, Toni
FRENCH: Antoine, Antoinette, Toinette
GALICIAN: Antía, Antón
GERMAN: Anton, Antonia
GREEK: Antonios, Antonis
HAWAIIAN: Akoni, Anakoni
HUNGARIAN: Antal, Antónia, Tóni
ICELANDIC: Anton
ITALIAN: Antonella, Antonello, Antonia, Antonietta, Antonio, Nella, Tonina, Tonino, Tonio
LIMBURGISH: Antoon
LITHUANIAN: Antanas
MACEDONIAN: Andon, Anton, Antonij, Doncho
NORWEGIAN: Anton, Antonia
POLISH: Antoni, Antonia
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Antônia, Antônio
PORTUGUESE: Antónia, António, Toninho
ROMANIAN: Anton, Antonia
RUSSIAN: Anton
SERBIAN: Anto, Antonija, Antonije
SLOVAK: Antónia
SLOVENE: Anton, Antonija, Tone, Tonka
SPANISH: Antonia, Antonio, Toño
SWEDISH: Anton, Antonia
UKRAINIAN: Anton