Tony

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Short form of ANTHONY.

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.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Anthony, Antony
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Antoine, Antwan
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonius
BASQUE: Andoni, Antton
BULGARIAN: Andon, Anton, Doncho
CATALAN: Antoni
CROATIAN: Ante, Anto, Anton, Antonijo, Antonio, Antun, Tonći, Tonči, Toni
DANISH: Anton
DUTCH: Anton, Antonie, Antonius, Antoon, Teun, Teunis, Theun, Theunis, Ton, Toon
ESPERANTO: Anĉjo, Antono
ESTONIAN: Anton, Tõnis
FINNISH: Anton, Anttoni, Toni
FRENCH: Antoine
GALICIAN: Antón
GERMAN: Anton
GREEK: Antonios, Antonis
HAWAIIAN: Akoni, Anakoni
HUNGARIAN: Antal, Tóni
ICELANDIC: Anton
ITALIAN: Antonello, Antonio, Tonino, Tonio
LIMBURGISH: Antoon
LITHUANIAN: Antanas
MACEDONIAN: Andon, Anton, Antonij, Doncho
NORWEGIAN: Anton
POLISH: Antoni
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Antônio
PORTUGUESE: António, Toninho
ROMANIAN: Anton
RUSSIAN: Anton
SERBIAN: Anto, Antonije
SLOVENE: Anton, Tone
SPANISH: Antonio, Toño
SWEDISH: Anton
UKRAINIAN: Anton
FEMININE FORMS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Latonya
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonia
BULGARIAN: Donka
CROATIAN: Antica, Antonela, Antonija, Nela, Tonka
CZECH: Antonie
DANISH: Antonia
DUTCH: Antonia, Teuna
ENGLISH: Antonette, Antonia, Nia, Toni, Tonia, Tonya
FINNISH: Toini
FRENCH: Antoinette, Toinette
GALICIAN: Antía
GERMAN: Antonia
HUNGARIAN: Antónia
ITALIAN: Antonella, Antonia, Antonietta, Nella, Tonina
NORWEGIAN: Antonia
POLISH: Antonia
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Antônia
PORTUGUESE: Antónia
ROMANIAN: Antonia
SERBIAN: Antonija
SLOVAK: Antónia
SLOVENE: Antonija, Tonka
SPANISH: Antonia
SWEDISH: Antonia
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonina, Antoninus
CROATIAN: Nina
CZECH: Antonín, Nina
DANISH: Nina
DUTCH: Nina
ENGLISH: Nena, Nina
FINNISH: Nina
FRENCH: Antonin, Nina, Ninette
GERMAN: Nina
ITALIAN: Antonina, Antonino, Nina, Nino
NORWEGIAN: Nina
POLISH: Antonina, Nina, Tosia
RUSSIAN: Antonina, Nina
SERBIAN: Nina
SLOVAK: Nina
SLOVENE: Nina
SWEDISH: Nina