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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Feminine given name Antonia
PronunciationItalian: [anˈtɔːnja]
GenderFemale
LanguagePolish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Origin
LanguagesLatin, from Etruscan
Word/nameAntonius
Other names
NicknamesToni, Anto, Nia, Toña
Related namesAntonietta, Antoinette

Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a surname. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world.[1]

Antónia is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Polish feminine form of Anton, Antal and António used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Switzerland, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as parts of Romania.[2] Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina,.[3] Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland.[4] Antonia (Greek: Αντωνία) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης)[5] used mainly in Greece and Cyprus.

Variants

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  • Anthonia – Danish, Finnish, Swedish
  • Antoaneta – Bulgarian
  • Antoinette – French
  • Antonela – Albanian
  • Antonella – Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
  • Antoneta – Albanian
  • Antonette – English
  • Antonia – Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
  • Ántonia – Bohemian
  • Antonía – Icelandic
  • Antònia – Catalan
  • Antónia – Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
  • Antônia – Brazilian Portuguese
  • Antonie – Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Antonieta – Portuguese
  • Antonietta – Italian, Spanish
  • Antonija – Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene
  • Antonina – Italian, Polish
  • Antonine – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Antía – Galician
  • Nedda – Italian
  • Nela – Croatian, Czech, Slovak
  • Nettie – Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
  • Teuna – Dutch
  • Toini – Finnish
  • Toni – English
  • Toñi – Spanish
  • Tonia – English, Polish
  • Tonka – Croatian, Slovene
  • Tony – English
  • Tonya – English, Russian, Ukrainian
  • Tončica – Croatian (Dalmatian)
  • Tosia – Polish
  • Αντωνία (Antonia or Andonia) – Greek

Roman women

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The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome:

  • Antonia (aunt of Mark Antony), the daughter of Marcus Antonius (orator)
  • Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida she married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus
  • Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida, she married her cousin Mark Antony
  • Antonia (wife of Vatinius), sister of Mark Antony, she married Publius Vatinius
  • Daughters of Mark Antony
    • Antonia (wife of Pythodoros), married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles
    • Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero
    • Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula
  • Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Mark Anthony
  • Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter Pythodoros of Tralles, princess of Pontus
  • Antonia Furnilla, mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla
  • Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
  • Antonia Clementiana, daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
  • Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
  • Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively
  • Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints

Other people

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  • Antônia (footballer)
  • Mother Antonia, Mexican nun
  • Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer
  • Antònia Abelló (1913–1984), Spanish political activist, journalist, feminist
  • Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman
  • Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily
  • Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet
  • Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress
  • Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary classical music composer
  • Antonia of Douro, descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
  • Toni Garrn, (born Antonia Garrn), German model
  • Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer
  • Antonia Iacobescu, Romanian singer also known as "Antonia"
  • Antônia Keyla, Brazilian para-athlete
  • Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
  • Antonia Kinlay, British actress
  • Antonia Laucher, German soprano
  • Antonia Lofaso, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
  • Antonia of Luxembourg
  • Antônia Melo
  • Antonia Mielke (1856–1907), German operatic soprano
  • Antonia Moraiti (born 1977), Greek water polo player
  • Antonia Nava de Catalán (1779 – 1843), heroine of the Mexican War of Independence
  • Antonia Niedermaier (born 2003), German cyclist and ski mountaineer
  • Antonia Nocca (born 2005), Italian singer also known as "Antonia"
  • Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
  • Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
  • Anntonia Porsild, Thai actress and model
  • Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess
  • Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet
  • Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress
  • Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
  • Antonia Ramírez (died 2024), Salvadoran singer and language activist
  • Antonia Reed, birth name of Bahamadia, American hip-hop artist
  • Antonia Ružić (born 2003), Croatian tennis player
  • Antonia Stergiou (born 1985), Greek high jumper
  • Antonia Thomas, British actress
  • Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
  • Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883)
  • Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf
  • Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing

Fictional people

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  • Antonia (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
  • Antonia Ridderfjell, fictional character in the Bert Diaries comic book adaptions, cousin of Emilia Ridderfjell
  • Antonia, heroine in the Gothic novel The Monk.
  • Ántonia, a character within the novel My Ántonia.
  • Antonia Quixana, the niece and house-keeper of Don Quixote.

Surname

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  • Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer

See also

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  • All pages with titles beginning with Antonia
  • All pages with titles containing Antonia
  • Antonia (disambiguation)
  • Antona (name)
  • Antonic
  • Antonida Asonova
  • Antonik
  • Antonin (name)
  • Antonina (name)
  • Antoñita (disambiguation), given name/nickname
  • Antoniu
  • Antoniya
  • Antonya Nelson (born 1961), U.S. author
  • Tonia (name)

Notes

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  1. ^ "Antonia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Antónia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Antônia". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Antonía". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Αντώνιος - Αντωνία". Ονοματολόγιο. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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