Antonia

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Antonia

Say it: an-TOH-nee-uh

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Meaning

Feminine of Antonius, a Roman family name of unknown, possibly Etruscan, origin. The link to Greek anthos 'flower' is a folk etymology.

Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.

The name of Mark Antony's daughters, later common in Catholic Europe.

Its wave through time

Timeless: in steady use for over a century

In the United States

35,786 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1996, about 1 in 2,600 girls
198 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Latin Italian Spanish German Czech English

The family of the name

Italian	Antonia
Spanish	Antonia
French	Antoinette
German	Antonia
Polish	Antonina
Portuguese	Antónia

Famous bearers

Antonia Minor, mother of Emperor Claudius
Antonia the Elder, niece of Augustus

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Where this comes from

Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
Roman inscriptions and tombstones
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.