Meanings
plural Antons
- countableuncountableA male given name from Latin.
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'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 - countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA transliteration of the Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Анто́н (Antón).
- A place in the United States:
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington County, Colorado.
- countableuncountableA city in Hockley County, Texas.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.
Origin
- GermanAnton
- EnglishAnton
Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.
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Anton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anton
“Anton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anton. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anton,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anton.
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