Anthony

A1N1T1H4O1N1Y4
/ˈænθəni//ˈæntəni/

proper noun

A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.

OriginLatin Antōnius →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Antony

  1. A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.

    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.

    2021 March 14, 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”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021
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    "...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."

    1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or 3)

    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.

    1952, Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English, Random House, page 245

    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?"

    1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 5, in Catch-22
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

    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.

    2025 April 10, Bobby Burack, “GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy”, in OutKick, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2026
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
    2. An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
    3. A city, the county seat of Harper County, Kansas.
    4. An unincorporated community in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    5. A city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, bordering onto Anthony, Texas.
    6. A town in El Paso County, Texas, bordering onto Anthony, New Mexico.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tantony pig

Origin

  1. LatinAntōnius
  2. EnglishAnthony

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.

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Translations

Arabic أَنْتُونِيّ, أنطوني
  • أَنْتُونِيّ (ʔantūniyy)given name
  • أنطوني (ʔanṭūniyy)given name
Basque Antton
  • Anttongiven name
Brazilian Portuguese Antônio
  • Antôniogiven name
Bulgarian Антоний, Анто́н
  • Антоний (Antonij)given name
  • Анто́н (Antón)given name
  • А́нтъни (Ántăni)given name
Catalan Antoni
  • Antonigiven name
Chinese Cantonese 安東尼 /安东尼
  • 安東尼 /安东尼given name
Chinese Mandarin 安東尼 /安东尼
  • 安東尼 /安东尼 (Āndōngní)given name
Czech Antonín
  • Antoníngiven name
Danish Anton
  • Antongiven name
Dutch Anton
  • Antongiven name
Esperanto Antono
  • Antonogiven name
Estonian Anton, Tõnis
  • Antongiven name
  • Tõnisgiven name
  • Tõnngiven name
  • Tõnugiven name
European Portuguese António
  • Antóniogiven name
Finnish Anttoni
  • Anttonigiven name
French Antoine, Anthony
  • Antoinegiven name
  • Anthonygiven name
German Anton
  • Antongiven name
Greek Αντώνιος, Αντώνης
  • Αντώνιος (Antónios)given name
  • Αντώνης (Antónis)given name
Hawaiian ʻAkoni
  • ʻAkonigiven name
Hungarian Antal
  • Antalgiven name
Irish Antaine, Antóin
  • Antainegiven name
  • Antóingiven name
Italian Antonio
  • Antoniogiven name
Japanese アンソニー, アントワン
  • アンソニー (Ansonī)given name
  • アントワン (Antowan)given name
  • アントワーヌ (Antowānu)given name
  • アントニオgiven name
Korean 앤토니, 앤서니
  • 앤토니 (aentoni)given name
  • 앤서니 (aenseoni)given name
Latin Antōnius
  • Antōniusgiven name
Latvian Antons
  • Antonsgiven name
Lithuanian Antanas
  • Antanasgiven name
Māori Anatoni
  • Anatonigiven name
Norwegian Anton
  • Antongiven name
Persian آنتونی
  • آنتونی (ântoni)given name
Polish Antoni, Antek
  • Antonigiven name
  • Antekgiven name
Portuguese Antão
  • Antãogiven name
Punjabi ਐਨਥਨੀ
  • ਐਨਥਨੀ (ainathnī)given name
Romanian Antoniu
  • Antoniugiven name
Russian Анто́н, Э́нтони
  • Анто́н (Antón)given name
  • Э́нтони (Éntoni)given name
Slovak Anton
  • Antongiven name
Spanish Antonio
  • Antoniogiven name
Swedish Anton
  • Antongiven name
Turkish Antümi
  • Antümigiven name
Urdu اینتھونی
  • اینتھونیgiven name
Vietnamese Antôn, An Tôn
  • Antôngiven name
  • An Tôngiven name
  • Antôniôgiven name
Welsh Anhun
  • Anhungiven name
Cite this entry
APA

Anthony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anthony

MLA

“Anthony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anthony. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anthony,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anthony.

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