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[ 4 syll. an-to-nio, ant-on-io ] The boy name Antonio is pronounced aeNTOWNiyow †. Antonio has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Antoninus (Latin) is an older form of Antonio. Antonio is a variant form of Anthony (English) in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Antonio is also a variant form of Antoine (French, Irish, and Dutch). Variant forms of Antonio include António (Portuguese) and Toni (English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, and Spanish). Other variants of Antonio include the short forms Tonio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) and Toño (Spanish), and the pet forms Antonello (Italian) and Antonino (Italian). 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%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Anthony, within all boy names in its family. It was 4 times more widely used than Antonio in 2008. Baby names that sound like Antonio include António (Portuguese), Antione (English), Antonino (Italian), Amitan (East Indian), Andoni (Basque), Anthoney (English), Anthoni, Anthonie, Anthony (English), Antoni (Catalan and Polish), Antonie (Dutch), Antonin (Czech, French, and Polish), Antonín (Czech), Antono (Esperanto), Antony (English), Antuan, Andon (Slavic), Antain (Irish), Antaine (Irish), and Antan. A famous person named Antonio is Actor Antonio Banderas, born José Antonio Dominguez Banderas 10 August 1960, Malaga, Spain.
† 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)"   |
