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 [ 2 syll. an-ton, ant-on ] The boy name Anton is pronounced as AENTAON KEY. Anton is used predominantly in the Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. Anton is a variant form of the name Anthony (English). Toni (English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, and Spanish short form) and Tönjes (Frisian and German short form) are variants of Anton. Anton is a classic favorite. Today it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.043% of baby boys were given the name Anton. Its ranking then was #249. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is of occasional use in recent years. In 2008, its usage was only 0.012% and its ranking #832. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Anton, Anthony (English) was the most regularly used. In 2008, its use outnumbered Anton's by 71 times. Baby names that sound like Anton include Antón (Galician), Antain (Irish), Antaine (Irish), Antin (Russian), Antoine (French and Irish), Antton (Basque), Antun (Slavic), Antwan (English), Antwon (English), Amitan (East Indian), Andoni (Basque), Anntoin (Irish), Anthoney (English), Anthony (English), Antoin (Irish), Antoni (Catalan and Polish), Antonie (Dutch), Antonin (Czech, French, and Polish), Antonín (Czech), and Antono (Esperanto). A famous person named Anton is Anton Chekhov, Author, born 29 January 1860 - 2 July 1904, Taganrog, Russia. KEY: English pronunciation for Anton: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
