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

Template:Anthony 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, 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

Roman women

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

Other people

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

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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