Antony

  • [ AN-tə-nee ]
  • English
Variant of ANTHONY. This was formerly the usual English spelling of the name, but during the 17th century the h began to be added.

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
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Antoine, Antwan
ANCIENT ROMAN: Antonius
BASQUE: Andoni, Antton
BULGARIAN: Andon, Anton
CATALAN: Antoni
CROATIAN: Anton, Antonijo, Antonio, Antun
DANISH: Anton
DUTCH: Anton, Antonie, Antonius, Antoon
ENGLISH: Anthony
ESPERANTO: Antono
ESTONIAN: Anton
FINNISH: Anton, Anttoni
FRENCH: Antoine
GALICIAN: Antón
GERMAN: Anton
GREEK: Antonios, Antonis
HAWAIIAN: Anakoni
HUNGARIAN: Antal
ICELANDIC: Anton
ITALIAN: Antonio
LIMBURGISH: Antoon
LITHUANIAN: Antanas
MACEDONIAN: Andon, Anton, Antonij
NORWEGIAN: Anton
POLISH: Antoni
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Antônio
PORTUGUESE: António
ROMANIAN: Anton
RUSSIAN: Anton
SERBIAN: Antonije
SLOVENE: Anton
SPANISH: Antonio
SWEDISH: Anton
UKRAINIAN: Anton
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
BULGARIAN: Doncho
CROATIAN: Ante, Anto, Tonći, Tonči, Toni
DUTCH: Teun, Teunis, Theun, Theunis, Ton, Toon
ENGLISH: Tony
ESPERANTO: Anĉjo
ESTONIAN: Tõnis
FINNISH: Toni
HAWAIIAN: Akoni
HUNGARIAN: Tóni
ITALIAN: Antonello, Tonino, Tonio
MACEDONIAN: Doncho
PORTUGUESE: Toninho
SERBIAN: Anto
SLOVENE: Tone
SPANISH: Toño
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