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Antony - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Antony

[ 3 syll. an-to-ny, ant-ony ] The boy name Antony is pronounced as AENTahNiy KEY. Antony is used predominantly in English and its origin is Latin. Antony is a spelling variant of the name Anthony (English).

Antony is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1950s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.012% of baby boys were named Antony. It ranked at #802 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.011% and its ranking #895. Out of the group of boy names directly related to Antony, Anthony (English) was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was used 80 times more than Antony.

Baby names that sound like Antony include Amitan (East Indian), Andoni (Basque), Anthoney (English), Anthony (English), Antoni (Catalan and Polish), Antonie (Dutch), Antonin (Czech, French, and Polish), Antonín (Czech), Antono (Esperanto), Antain (Irish), Antaine (Irish), Antin (Russian), Antoine (French and Irish), Anton (Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian), Antonino (Italian), Antonio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Antón (Galician), António (Portuguese), Antton (Basque), and Antun (Slavic).

KEY: Pronunciation for Antony: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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