Antonia (name)

Antonia

Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	Italian, Spanish, English
Origin
Language(s)	Latin, from Etruscan
Word/name	Antonius

Antonia (/ænˈtoʊniə/, Italian: [anˈtonja]) is a feminine given name. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family and a feminine version of the name Antonio. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful".

Variants

• Antía -- Galician
• Antoinette -- French
• Antonija -- Croatian
• Antonella -- Italian
• Antonette -- English
• Antònia -- Catalan
• Antónia -- Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
• Antonia -- Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish
• Antonie -- Czech
• Antonietta -- Italian, Spanish
• Antonija -- Croatian, Slovene
• Antonina -- Italian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
• Antonia -- Bulgarian
• Nela -- Croatian
• Teuna -- Dutch
• Αντωνία (Antonia or Andonia) -- Greek
• Toinette -- French
• Toini -- Finnish
• Toni -- English
• Tony -- English
• Tonia -- English, Ukrainian
• Tonka -- Croatian, Slovene
• Tončica -- Croatian (Dalmatian)
• Tonya -- English, Russian, Ukrainian
• Toñi -- Spanish

Roman women

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

• Antonia, the daughter of Marcus Antonius Orator
• Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida who married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus
• Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida who married her paternal first cousin Mark Antony as his second wife
• Antonia (daughter of Mark Antony), daughter to the above who married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles
• Julia Antonia, mother of triumvir Marcus Antonius
• Daughters of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor:
  • Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero
  • Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula
• Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony)
• Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter to Antonia, granddaughter of Gaius Antonius Hybrida and Pythodoros of Tralles, who was a princess of Pontus
• Antonia Furnilla, mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla
• Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
• Antonia Clementiana, daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
• Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
• Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively
• Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints
• Lex Antonia, the law proposed by Marcus Antonius (Mark Anthony)

Other people

• Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer
• Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
• Antonia Nava de Catalán (1779 – 1843), heroine of the Mexican War of Independence
• Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
• Antonia Scarpa, American film director and musician of Sicilian descent
• Antonia Thomas, British actress
• Mother Antonia, Mexican nun
• Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily
• Princess Antonia, Marchioness of Douro, descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
• Princess Antonia of Luxembourg
• Infanta Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress
• Toni Garrn, (born Antonia Garrn), German model
• Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet
• Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
• Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress
• Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary calssical music composer
• Bahamadia, (born Antonia Reed), American hip-hop artist
• Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
• Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer
• Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet
• Antonia Kinlay, British actress
• Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
• Antonia Iacobescu, Romanian singer also known as "Antonia"
• Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman

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.

See also

• Antonia (disambiguation)
• Tonia (name)