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Anthony
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English
thumb|Main Street, Anthony, New Mexico, looking north from the state line (note the sign on right)|alt=A modest main street strip with small businesses and automobiles
Alternative forms
en Antony
Etymology
en :bor la:Antōnius :influence grc:ἄνθος 1
From en la Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with grc ἄνθος flower). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of en ett - origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. en Antoine.
Pronunciation
en /ˈænθəni/ /ˈæntəni/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Anthony.wav Southern England
Proper noun
~ s ies
en male Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
"...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
en 1952 Thomas Pyles Words and Ways of American English 245 Random House It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country.
en 1955 w:Joseph Heller Catch-22 5 She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint Anthony," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint Anthony?" her husband said. "Who's Saint Anthony?"
en Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan The US is now in a vulnerable spot with Covid-19. Don’t make the same mistakes Europe did, Fauci says w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/health/us-coronavirus-sunday 2021-03-14 Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly and must be tackled aggressively if we want life to get back to normal soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20210317002404/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/
en patronymics.
en Bobby Burack GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy w:OutKick https://www.outkick.com/analysis/givesendgos-300000-page-karmelo-anthony-consistent-company-policy 2025-04-10 The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week. https://web.archive.org/web/20260611143612/https://www.outkick.com/analysis/givesendgos-300000-page-karmelo-anthony-consistent-company-policy 11 June 2026
en place c/USA:
en ucomm co/Marion County s/Florida.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Hamilton co/Delaware County s/Indiana.
en city/county seat co/Harper County s/Kansas.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Lebanon co/Hunterdon County s/New Jersey.
en city co/Doña Ana County s/New Mexico, bordering onto Anthony, Texas.
en town co/El Paso County s/Texas, bordering onto Anthony, New Mexico.
Derived terms
en anthonyite Saint Anthony St Anthony-in-Meneage St. Anthony Susan B. Anthony
Related terms
pet forms en Tony, en Ant, en Anto, en Antu
variants en Antony, en Antonio, en Antoine, en Anton
feminine names en Antonia, en Antoinette, en Toni, en Tonia, en Tonya
Translations
given name
Albanian: sq Antóni m, sq Andóni m, sq Ndúa m, sq Ndúe m, sq Ndúo m
Arbëresh Albanian: aae Ndóni m, aae Nóni m
Arvanitika Albanian: aat Αντόνη m, aat Αντούνη m, aat Ντούνη m
Arabic: ar أَنْتُونِيّ m, ar أنطوني ʔanṭūniyy m English form
Armenian: hy Անտոնիոս
Asturian: ast Antón m
Basque: eu Antton
Belarusian: be Анто́н m
Breton: br Anton m
Bulgarian: bg Антоний m, bg Анто́н m, bg А́нтъни m
Catalan: ca Antoni m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 安東尼 on1 dung1 nei4
Mandarin: cmn 安東尼 Āndōngní
Corsican: co Antoniu m
Czech: cs Antonín
Danish: da Anton
Dutch: nl Anton
Emilian: egl Antonì
Esperanto: eo Antono
Estonian: et Anton, et Tõnis, et Tõnn, et Tõnu
Extremaduran: ext Antoñu
Faroese: fo Antinis m, fo Anton m
Finnish: fi Anttoni
French: fr Antoine m, fr Anthony m
Galician: gl Antón m
Georgian: ka ანტონი
German: de Anton m
Alemannic German: gsw Antööni
Bavarian: bar Anton m
Greek: el Αντώνιος m, cognate el Αντώνης
Greenlandic: kl Antuut
Hawaiian: haw ʻAkoni
Hungarian: hu Antal
Irish: ga Antaine m, ga Antóin m
Italian: it Antonio m
Japanese: ja アンソニー Ansonī English form, ja アントワン Antowan French form, ja アントワーヌ Antowānu French form, ja アントニオ Antonio Spanish form
Korean: ko 앤토니, ko 앤서니
Latgalian: ltg Antoneis, ltg Ontons
Latin: la Antōnius m
Latvian: lv Antons m
Lithuanian: lt Antanas
Lombard: lmo Antóne m
Maltese: mt Antnin, mt Anton
Manx: gv Anthoin m, gv Antoin m
Māori: mi Anatoni
Neapolitan: nap Antùone
Norwegian: no Anton
Occitan: oc Antòni m
Persian: fa آنتونی ântoni
Piedmontese: pms Antòni
Polish: pl Antoni, pl Antek
Portuguese: pt Antão m
Brazilian Portuguese: pt Antônio m
European Portuguese: pt António m
Punjabi: pa ਐਨਥਨੀ
Western Punjabi: pnb اینتھنی
Romanian: ro Antoniu m
Russian: cognate ru Анто́н m, transliteration, indeclinable ru Э́нтони m
Sardinian: sc Antoni m, sc Antòni m
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh Antun, sh Anton, sh Ante
Sicilian: scn Antoni m, scn Ntoni m
Slovak: sk Anton m
Slovene: sl Antón m
Spanish: es Antonio m
Swedish: sv Anton
Turkish: tr Antümi
Urdu: ur اینتھونی
Vietnamese: vi Antôn, vi An Tôn, vi Antôniô
Welsh: cy Anhun f
French
Alternative forms
fr Antony
Etymology
fr en Anthony, from fr la Antōnius. fr Antoine.
Pronunciation
Antony
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Anthony.wav France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Anthony.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>)
Proper noun
m
fr male English
Derived terms
fr Antho (nickname)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Antony, pt Antoni
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Anthony 2 1 Antônio,Antão
Pronunciation
Ântoni
pt ɐ̃toni 3
pt An tho ny
Proper noun
m
pt male English
Statistics
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References