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 [ 4 syll. an-to-nio, ant-on-io ] The boy name Antonio is pronounced aeNTOWNiyow KEY. Antonio has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Antonio is a variant form of Anthony (English). Antonino (pet form in ), Tonio (short form in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Toño (short form in Spanish) are variants of Antonio. See also the related forms, José Antonio (Spanish) and Juan Antonio (Spanish). Antonio is popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity jumped from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of its usage in 1997, 0.254% of baby boys were given the name Antonio. It was #75 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #102 with a usage of 0.201%. Within the family of boy names directly linked to Antonio, Anthony (English) was the most frequently used. It was 4 times more widely used than Antonio in 2008. Baby names that sound like Antonio include António (Portuguese), Antonino (Italian), Amitan (East Indian), Andoni (Basque), Anthoney (English), Anthony (English), Antoni (Catalan and Polish), Antonie (Dutch), Antonin (Czech, French, and Polish), Antonín (Czech), Antono (Esperanto), Antony (English), Antain (Irish), Antaine (Irish), Antin (Russian), Antoine (French and Irish), Anton (Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian), Antón (Galician), Antton (Basque), and Antun (Slavic). A famous person named Antonio is Actor Antonio Banderas, born José Antonio Dominguez Banderas 10 August 1960, Malaga, Spain. KEY: English pronunciation for Antonio: 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)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
