Anthony

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Anthony

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Anthony is the modern English form of an Ancient Greek name, Antony. It original meaning is unknown, but it could be “Flowering” from “anther” (flower), or “Priceless,” or “Beyond Praise.”

History:
The popularity of early saints like St. Anthony the Great and St. Anthony of Padua led to Anthony being fairly common in England from the 12th century on. From the 12th century until the 17th century, the name was commonly spelled Antony, less the “h.” However, a revived interest in the Greek language led to the assumption that Antony was derived from the word “anther” and the spelling was “corrected” by adding an “h.”

In England, the name continued to be pronounced as it always had been: an-tone-ee.

In the United States, the pronunciation was altered to fit the spelling: an-thone-ee.

Pronunciation: AN-thone-ee, or ANN-tone-ee.

Diminutives:
English: Tony.
French: Antonin.
Frisian: Tönjes.
Hawaiian: Koni.
Italian: Tonio.
Spanish: Toño, Tonete.

Alternates: Anthonie, Anthonye, Antone, Antonie.
Basque: Adoni, Antton.
Catalan: Antoni.
Czech: Antonín.
Danish: Anton.
Dutch: Anton.
French: Antoine, Antione.
German: Anton.
Hawaiian: Akoni.
Hungarian: Antal.
Irish: Anntoin, Antain, Antaine.
Italian: Antonio.
Latin: Antonius, Anthonius.
Polish: Antoni.
Russian: Anton.
Spanish: Antonio, Antonino, Antonyo.
Swiss: Anton.

Surnames: Antecki, Antaki.
Catalan: Toni.
English: Tonin, Toney.
French: Thoin, Thoine, Toin.
German: Thon.
Italian: Togni, Ton.

Feminine: Antonette.

See also: Antonio, Tony.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Antoine Busnois (1430-1492)
French composer.
Antoine Héroët (1492-1568)
French poet.
Anton Francesco Grazzini (1503-1584)
Italian poet.
Sir Anthony More (1520-1577)
Dutch painter.
Anthony Munday (1560-1633)
English poet.
Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641)
Flemish painter.
Antoine Furetière (1619-1688)
French novelist.
Antoine Coypel (1661-1722)
French painter.
Antoine Pesne (1683-1757)
French painter.
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728-1779)
Bohemian painter.
Antoni Malczewski (1793-1826)
Polish poet.
Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
French sculptor.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
English novelist.
Anton Grigoreyvich Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Russian composer.
Anton Mauve (1838-1888)
Dutch painter.
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Bohemian composer.
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926)
Catalan architect.
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
Russian playwright.
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Russian composer.
Antoni Lange (1861-1929)
Polish poet.
Anthony Hope (1863-1933)
British novelist.
Anton Wildgans (1881-1932)
Austrian dramatist.
Antoni Slonimski (1895-1976)
Polish poet.
Antonin Atraud (1896-1948)
French dramatist.
Anthony Powell (1905-)
British novelist.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
English novelist.
Antoni Tàpies (1923-)
Catalan artist.
Sir Anthony Caro (1924-)
English sculptor.
Anthony Braxton (1945-)
American composer.
Anthony Williams (1945-1997)
American musician.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Anthony of Tagrit (9th century)
Syrian theologian.
Anthony Melissa (11th century)
Byzantine teacher.
Anthony Wood (1632-1695)
English historian of Oxford.
Anthony Collins (1676-1729)
English philosopher.
Anthony Benezet (1713-1784)
French-American Abolitionist and social reformer.
Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724-1793)
German geographer.
Antoine Court de Gébelin (1725-1784)
French scholar and philologist.
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772-1840)
German philosopher.
Antoine-Augustin Cournot (1801-1877)
French economist.
Antoine Dareste de la Chavanne (1820-1882)
French historian.
Anthony Comstock (1844-1915)
American social reformer.
Anton Semyonovich Makarenko (1888-1939)
Soviet educator.
Anthony John Arkell (1898-1980)
English historian and Egyptologist.
Anthony F.C. Wallace (1923-)
Canadian-American psychological anthropologist.

Miscellaneous:
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796)
American general.
Antoine-Joseph Sax (1814-1894)
Inventor of the saxophone.
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (1872-1947)
Russian general.
Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker (1890-1939)
Dutch aircraft manufacturer.
Anthony C. McAuliffe (1898-1975)
American general.
Anthony Blunt (1907-1983)
British art critic and Soviet spy.
Anton Geesink (1934-)
Dutch judo champion.
Anton Sailer (1935-)
Austrian Olympic skier.

Political Figures:
Anthony of Novgorod (13th century)
Archbishop of Novgorod, Russia and diplomat.
Anthony Woodville, Baron Rivers (1440-1483)
Supporter of King Edward IV of England.
Antoine Duprat (1463-1535)
Chancellor of France.
Sir Anthony Saint Leger (1496-1559)
British viceroy of Ireland.
Antoine Perrenot Granvelle (1517-1586)
Minister of King Philip II of Spain.
Anthony Babington (1561-1586)
Englishman who planned to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
Anthony van Diemen (1593-1645)
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
Anthonie Heinsius (1641-1720)
Dutch statesman.
Antoine-Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746-1795)
Public prosecutor during France’s Reign of Terror.
Anton, Graf von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky (1778-1861)
Austrian statesman.
Anton Korosec (1872-1940)
Slovene political leader.
Anton J. Cermak (1873-1933)
Mayor of Chicago. Accidentally killed by a bullet intended for FDR.
Antonín Zápotock (1884-1957)
Czech communist leader.
Anthony Eden (1897-1977)
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1955 to 1957.
Antonín Novotn (1904-1975)
Czech communist.
Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910-1998)
Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1953 to 1962.
Antonin Scalia (1936-)
Associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Anthony M. Kennedy (1936-)
An associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Religious Figures:
Saint Anthony of Egypt (251-365)
Religious hermit and founder of Christian monasticism.
Anthony of Kiev (?-1073)
Founder of Russian monasticism.
Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
Follower of St. Francis of Assisi’s and reputed miracle worker.

Royalty:
Anthony III Studite (?-983)
Patriarch of Constantinople.
Anthony of Bourbon (1518-1562)
King of Navarre.

Scientists:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Dutch founder of microscopic research.
Antoine de Jussieu (1686-1758)
French physician.
Antoine de Chézy (1718-1798)
French hydraulic engineer.
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836)
French botanist.
Antoine-Jérôme Balard (1802-1876)
French chemist.
Anton, Freiherr von Eiselsberg (1860-1939)
Austrian surgeon and researcher.
Anton Flettner (1885-1961)
German inventor.
Antoni Zygmund (1900-1992)
Polish mathematician.
Antony Hewish (1925-)
British astrophysicist. Winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Singers and Entertainers:
Anton Raaff (1714-1797)
German opera singer.
Sir Anthony Quayle (1913-1989)
British actor.
Anthony George Newley (1931-1999)
British entertainer and playwright.
Anthony Perkins (1932-1992)
American actor.
Sir Anthony Hopkins (1937-)
British actor.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.721 % named Anthony
0.190 % named Antonio
0.190 % named Tony
0.016 % named Antoine
0.013 % named Anton
0.008 % named Antony
0.005 % named Antone
0.004 % named Antione

Popularity of Anthony:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1800: 40th most popular.
1850: 60th most popular.
1875: 103rd most popular.
1900-1910: 43rd most popular.
1910-1920: 35th most popular.
1920-1930: 42nd most popular.
1930-1940: 46th most popular.
1940-1950: 44th most popular.
1950-1960: 30th most popular.
1960-1970: 22nd most popular.
1970-1980: 22nd most popular.
1980-1990: 20th most popular.
1990: 15th most popular.
1991: 18th most popular.
1992: 19th most popular.
1993: 19th most popular.
1994: 18th most popular.
1995: 19th most popular.
1996: 19th most popular.
1997: 19th most popular.
1998: 18th most popular.
1999: 18th most popular.
2000: 17th most popular.
2001: 11th most popular.
2002: 12th most popular.
2003: 10th most popular.

In France..
1900-1960: N/A
1968: 156th most popular.
1970: 87th most popular.
1980: 22nd most popular.
1990: 8th most popular.
2000: 29th most popular.

In Ireland..
1998: 54th most popular.
1999: 52nd most popular.
2000: 60th most popular.
2001: 58th most popular.
2002: 63rd most popular.
2003: 68th most popular.

Popularity of Antoine:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 310th most popular.
1875: 440th most popular.
1900-1910: 997th most popular.
1910-1960: N/A
1960-1970: 621st most popular.
1970-1980: 315th most popular.
1980-1990: 315th most popular.
1990: 381st most popular.
1991: 438th most popular.
1992: 451st most popular.
1993: 480th most popular.
1994: 553rd most popular.
1995: 591st most popular.
1996: 560th most popular.
1997: 550th most popular.
1998: 567th most popular.
1999: 572nd most popular.
2000: 597th most popular.
2001: 593rd most popular.
2002: 627th most popular.
2003: 636th most popular.

In France...
1900: 22nd most popular.
1910: 27th most popular.
1920: 31st most popular.
1930: 32nd most popular.
1940: 39th most popular.
1950: 64th most popular.
1960: 66th most popular.
1970: 73rd most popular.
1980: 44th most popular.
1990: 19th most popular.
2000: 9th most popular.

Popularity of Anton:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 110th most popular.
1875: 127th most popular.
1900-1910: 187th most popular.
1910-1920: 264th most popular.
1920-1930: 396th most popular.
1930-1940: 585th most popular.
1940-1950: 636th most popular.
1950-1960: 678th most popular.
1960-1970: 698th most popular.
1970-1980: 580th most popular.
1980-1990: 532nd most popular.
1990: 567th most popular.
1991: 600th most popular.
1992: 642nd most popular.
1993: 682nd most popular.
1994: 566th most popular.
1995: 540th most popular.
1996: 677th most popular.
1997: 657th most popular.
1998: 659th most popular.
1999: 674th most popular.
2000: 693rd most popular.
2001: 699th most popular.
2002: 655th most popular.
2003: 726th most popular.

Popularity of Antony:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 269th most popular.
1875: 328th most popular.
1900-1960: N/A
1960-1970: 748th most popular.
1970-1980: 753rd most popular.
1980-1990: 836th most popular.
1990: 802nd most popular.
1991: 800th most popular.
1992: 831st most popular.
1993: 845th most popular.
1994: 831st most popular.
1995: 861st most popular.
1996: 773rd most popular.
1997: 763rd most popular.
1998: 804th most popular.
1999: 825th most popular.
2000: 782nd most popular.
2001: 748th most popular.
2002: 775th most popular.
2003: 728th most popular.

In France...
1900-1960: N/A
1969: 143rd most popular.
1970: 125th most popular.
1980: 131st most popular.
1990: 125th most popular.
1998: 184th most popular.
2000: N/A

Popularity of Antone:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 244th most popular.
1875: 328th most popular.
1900-1910: 519th most popular.
1910-1920: 520th most popular.
1920-1930: 704th most popular.
1930-2000: N/A

Popularity of Antonin:
Popularity (for newborns):
In France...
1900: 83rd most popular.
1910: 85th most popular.
1920: 88th most popular.
1930: 118th most popular.
1940: 168th most popular.
1945: 176th most popular.
1950-1980: N/A
1986: 186th most popular.
1990: 163rd most popular.
2000: 63rd most popular.