Antonia (name)

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Antonia
PronunciationItalian: [anˈtɔːnja] or /ˈæntəniə/
GenderFemale
Language(s)Italian, Spanish, English
Origin
Language(s)Latin, from Etruscan
Word/nameAntonius
Other names
Nickname(s)Toni, Anto, Nia, Toña
Related namesAntonietta

Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a surname. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, and Swedish name used in the United States, most of Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, India, Pakistan, Spain, Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, part of Serbia, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, Estonia, Republic of Karelia, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, and Ethiopia.[1]

Antónia is a Hungarian, Portuguese, and Slovak feminine form of Anton, Antal and António used in Hungary, Slovakia, Portugal, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Angola and Mozambique as well as parts of Romania.[2] Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Portugal, Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Angola and Mozambique.[3] Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland.[4]

Variants[]

  • Anthonia – Danish, Finnish, Swedish
  • Antoaneta – Bulgarian
  • Antoinette – French
  • Antonela – Albanian
  • Antonella – Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
  • Antoneta – Albanian
  • Antonette – English
  • Antonia – Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
  • Ántonia – Bohemian
  • Antonía – Icelandic
  • Antònia – Catalan
  • Antónia – Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
  • Antônia – Portuguese
  • Antonie – Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Antonieta – Portuguese
  • Antonietta – Italian, Spanish
  • Antonija – Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene
  • Antonina – Italian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
  • Antonine – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Antía – Galician
  • Nedda – Italian
  • Nela – Croatian, Czech, Slovak
  • Nettie – Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Teuna – Dutch
  • Toini – Finnish
  • Toni – English
  • Toñi – Spanish
  • Tonia – English, Ukrainian
  • Tonka – Croatian, Slovene
  • Tony – English
  • Tonya – English, Russian, Ukrainian
  • Tončica – Croatian (Dalmatian)
  • Tosia – Polish
  • Αντωνία (Antonia or Andonia) – Greek

Roman women[]

The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome:

  • Antonia (aunt of Mark Antony), the daughter of Marcus Antonius (orator)
  • Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida she married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus
  • Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida, she married her cousin Mark Antony
  • , sister of Mark Antony, she married Publius Vatinius
  • Daughters of Mark Antony
    • Antonia (wife of Pythodoros), married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles
    • Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero
    • Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula
  • Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Mark Anthony
  • Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter Pythodoros of Tralles, princess of Pontus
  • , mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla
  • Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
  • , daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
  • , a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
  • Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively
  • Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints

Other people[]

  • Antônia (footballer)
  • Antônia Melo
  • Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer
  • Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
  • Antonia Nava de Catalán (1779 – 1843), heroine of the Mexican War of Independence
  • Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
  • Antonia Scarpa, American film director and musician of Sicilian descent
  • Antonia Thomas, British actress
  • Mother Antonia, Mexican nun
  • Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily
  • Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro, descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
  • Princess Antonia of Luxembourg
  • Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess
  • Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress
  • Toni Garrn, (born Antonia Garrn), German model
  • Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet
  • Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
  • Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress
  • Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary classical music composer
  • Bahamadia, (born Antonia Reed), American hip-hop artist
  • Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
  • Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer
  • Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet
  • Antonia Kinlay, British actress
  • Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
  • Antonia Iacobescu, Romanian singer also known as "Antonia"
  • Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman

Fictional people[]

  • Antonia Ridderfjell, fictional character in the Bert Diaries comic book adaptions, cousin of Emilia Ridderfjell
  • Antonia, heroine in the Gothic novel The Monk.
  • Ántonia, a character within the novel My Ántonia.

Surname[]

  • Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf
  • Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Antonia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Antónia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. ^ "Antônia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Antonía". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
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