Anton

A1N1T1O1N1

proper noun

A male given name from Latin.

CommonScrabble 5

Meanings

proper nounAnton (countable and uncountable, plural Antons)

plural Antons

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from Latin.
    1 more example

    'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.

    2011, Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 78
  2. countableuncountableA surname.
  3. countableuncountableA transliteration of the Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Анто́н (Antón).
  4. A place in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA city in Hockley County, Texas.
    2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  5. countableuncountableA river in Hampshire, England, a tributary of the River Test.
  6. countableuncountableA village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.

Origin

  1. GermanAnton
  2. EnglishAnton

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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