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Antonia has 29 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of Antonia include Anthonia, Antoinette (also used in French), Antonette, Antonina (also used in Italian, German, Polish, and Russian), and Tonette (also used in French). Other English variants include the short forms Toni, Tonia (also used in Italian), and Tonya, and the pet forms Onita, Tona, and Tony. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Dutch Anteunette, the Galician Antía, the Spanish Antoinetta, the Czech and German Antonie, the Italian Antonietta, the Russian Antonija, the French Antonine, the Portuguese and Slavic Antónia, the Dutch Teunisje, and the Russian Tonja. Specific foreign variants include the pet forms Antonella (Italian), Antonetta (Italian), To (Dutch), Toini (Finnish), Toos (Dutch), Toosje (Dutch), Tunke (Dutch), and Tunna (Dutch). Antonia is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was in the past. Its usage peaked modestly in 1996 with 0.035% of baby girls being named Antonia. It was #395 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and in recent times it is of only infrequent use. In 2007, it ranked at #996 with a usage of 0.013%. Among the family of girl names directly related to Antonia, the English Toni was the most commonly used. It was 9.524% more regularly used than Antonia in 2007. Antonia has primarily been a girl name, although in the last century it has also been used for boys. In 1979, 3 times more girls than boys were given the name Antonia. Baby names that sound like Antonia include the Portuguese and Slavic Antónia, the English Anthonia, the English and French Amandine, the English and Italian Andrina, the Czech and German Antonie, the Italian, English, German, Polish, and Russian Antonina, the French Antonine, the Czech Antonína, and the German Undine. KEY: Pronunciation for Antonia: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" A famous person named Antonia is Actress, Nia Vardalos, born Antonia Eugenia Vardalos 24 September 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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