Antony

A1N1T1O1N1Y4
/ˈæntəni/

proper noun

A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.

OriginLatin Antōnius →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A male given name from Latin, a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.

    Demetrius. Is Caesar with Antonius priz'd so slight? Philo. Sir, sometimes, when he's not Antony, He comes too short of that great property Which still should go with Antony.

    c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
  2. A civil parish in east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4054).
    1. A village in the civil parish, east Cornwall, England.
  3. A commune of Hauts-de-Seine department, France.

Origin

  1. LatinAntōnius
  2. EnglishAntony

From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens, of uncertain etymology, but 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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APA

Antony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antony

MLA

“Antony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antony. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Antony,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Antony.

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