Antonia (name)

Antonia
PronunciationItalian: [anˈtɔːnja]
GenderFemale
LanguagePolish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Origin
LanguagesLatin, from Etruscan
Word/nameAntonius
Other names
NicknamesToni, Anto, Nia, Toña
Related namesAntonietta, Antoinette

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 Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world.[1]

Antonia is a Spanish, Italian, Polish and Maltese feminine form of Anton/Antonio used in Italy, Spain, Malta, Switzerland, Argentina and other countries.[2] Antónia (European Portuguese) and Antônia (Brazilian Portuguese) are Portuguese variants of António/Antônio. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland. In Greek, Antonia (Greek: Αντωνία) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης), used mainly in Greece and Cyprus.

Variants

Roman women

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

Other people

Fictional people

  • Antonia (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
  • 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.
  • Antonia Quixana, the niece and house-keeper of Don Quixote.

Surname

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Antonia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Antonia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.