Anthony Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Anthony

Anthony Name Origin: Latin
Pronunciation: an-thon-ee
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Anthony Name Meaning

A classic choice with mysterious origins, Anthony has been a U.S. baby name staple since records started tracking them back in 1900. Similar to James and John, he’s a common name but has the added appeal of not being too overused. A derivative of the Greek Antonius, Anthony’s meaning is unknown.

Anthony has a mesmerizing history dotted with interesting characters from the ancient general Mark Antony to acclaimed actor Anthony Hopkins. He’s also a saint name, with Saint Anthony the patron saint of lost and stolen items. He was a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi and is still admired for his incredible sermons and words to this day.

While Latin in his roots, Anthony is most strongly tied with Italian communities in America where his nickname Tony reigns supreme. Also spelled Antony, he also has several variants around the world including Antonio, Anton, and Antoine. He also has a stunning female version in Antonia.

Anthony is inherently romantic, a rare quality in a male moniker. While he’s undoubtedly strong, he has a soft side to him that he isn’t afraid to show. The name of many poets and authors, perhaps a little Anthony is destined to have a way with words.

Anthony Name Popularity

How popular is the name Anthony? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	37	936	0.2658%
1911	36	1,231	0.3306%
1912	38	2,439	0.4836%
1913	38	2,754	0.4857%
1914	37	3,662	0.5255%
1915	36	4,714	0.5189%
1916	38	4,737	0.4904%
1917	38	5,006	0.5004%
1918	39	5,152	0.48%
1919	41	4,724	0.4511%
1920	43	4,918	0.4423%
1921	41	5,222	0.456%
1922	39	5,069	0.455%
1923	39	5,095	0.4549%
1924	40	5,158	0.4442%
1925	39	5,032	0.4452%
1926	42	5,040	0.4582%
1927	43	4,902	0.4428%
1928	44	4,705	0.4397%
1929	44	4,717	0.4554%
1930	44	4,656	0.4457%
1931	47	4,284	0.4341%
1932	45	4,195	0.4246%
1933	46	3,970	0.4261%
1934	53	3,821	0.3953%
1935	51	3,899	0.4012%
1936	48	3,962	0.4113%
1937	47	4,318	0.4382%
1938	46	4,674	0.4566%
1939	48	4,595	0.4517%
1940	46	4,761	0.4479%
1941	46	5,226	0.4643%
1942	44	6,205	0.4914%
1943	44	6,190	0.4742%
1944	46	5,600	0.4518%
1945	46	5,680	0.4657%
1946	44	6,769	0.4587%
1947	41	8,008	0.4797%
1948	41	7,878	0.4935%
1949	36	8,449	0.5252%
1950	36	8,622	0.5355%
1951	34	9,844	0.5806%
1952	34	11,191	0.6411%
1953	32	11,694	0.6607%
1954	32	13,128	0.7182%
1955	31	14,172	0.7705%
1956	30	15,552	0.8234%
1957	27	17,038	0.8854%
1958	27	17,425	0.922%
1959	26	17,953	0.9449%
1960	25	19,498	1.0291%
1961	25	20,190	1.0694%
1962	24	20,105	1.0951%
1963	22	20,241	1.1276%
1964	21	20,135	1.1439%
1965	22	20,338	1.2437%
1966	22	20,625	1.321%
1967	21	20,886	1.3763%
1968	21	20,237	1.3477%
1969	20	20,906	1.357%
1970	22	21,188	1.3314%
1971	23	19,226	1.2794%
1972	22	17,464	1.2822%
1973	21	16,417	1.2663%
1974	21	16,393	1.2613%
1975	21	16,496	1.2837%
1976	22	16,612	1.2889%
1977	21	16,799	1.2463%
1978	20	16,815	1.2507%
1979	21	17,531	1.2433%
1980	24	17,613	1.2046%
1981	23	18,574	1.2636%
1982	22	19,644	1.3146%
1983	22	19,831	1.3439%
1984	21	20,957	1.4088%
1985	20	22,085	1.455%
1986	19	21,949	1.4541%
1987	17	23,117	1.5149%
1988	18	23,630	1.5163%
1989	16	24,420	1.5133%
1990	15	25,075	1.5129%
1991	18	24,440	1.4994%
1992	19	23,165	1.4513%
1993	19	21,785	1.3973%
1994	18	21,599	1.4074%
1995	19	20,480	1.3589%
1996	19	20,503	1.3693%
1997	18	20,028	1.3541%
1998	19	19,630	1.3115%
1999	18	19,470	1.3001%
2000	17	19,648	1.2862%
2001	11	19,733	1.3096%
2002	12	19,584	1.3069%
2003	10	20,144	1.3241%
2004	11	19,603	1.2862%
2005	8	19,378	1.2674%
2006	9	19,401	1.239%
2007	7	19,627	1.244%
2008	7	18,391	1.1899%
2009	11	16,306	1.091%
2010	10	15,487	1.0747%
2011	11	14,263	1.0011%
2012	15	13,195	0.926%
2013	19	12,260	0.8611%
2014	21	11,571	0.7942%
2015	25	10,618	0.7297%
2016	30	9,851	0.6832%
2017	32	8,802	0.6306%
2018	38	8,003	0.5825%
2019	38	7,659	0.5658%
2020	40	6,891	0.5414%
2021	43	6,732	0.5507%
2022	44	6,483	0.4914%

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Names Like Anthony

If you like Anthony, you’ll love these other names like Anthony.

What names are diminutives of Anthony?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Anthony sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Anthony, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Andy	Manly	English
Toney		Latin
Toni		Latin
Tony	A diminutive form of Anthony.	Latin
Twan		Latin

What names are variants of Anthony?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Anthony.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Andon	Variant of Anton	Slavic
Anntoin		Latin
Antal	Break of day	Latin
Anthone		Latin
Anthoney		Latin
Antin		Latin
Antino		Spanish
Antoine	The French form of Antony or Anthony.	French
Anton	The German and Russian form of Antony or Anthony.	Slavic

Antone		Latin
Antonello		Spanish
Antoney		Latin
Antoni		Latin
Antonije		Latin
Antonin	Unknown	Latin
Antonino		Spanish
Antonio	Unknown meaning	Italian
Antonius	The Latin form of Antony or Anthony.	Spanish
Antons		Latin
Antony	A variant form of Anthony.	Latin
Antuan		French
Antun		Latin
Antuwan		Latin
Antuwon		French

Antwahn		Latin
Antwan		French
Antwohn		Latin
Antwoin		French
Antwoine		French
Antwon		Latin
Antwone		French
Antwuan		Latin
Teunis		Latin
Thonus		Latin

What names sound like Anthony?

If you like how Anthony sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Anthony.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Anakin	Warrior	American
Anders	A variant form, regarded as Danish, of Andrew.	Scandinavian
Anderson	Son of Andrew	English
Andre	Manly	French
Andrew	Manly and powerful	Greek

Angelo	Messenger of God	Italian
Angus	One choice	Celtic

What names are similar to Anthony?

Find a name that’s like Anthony, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Alexander	Defender of man	Greek
Christopher	Bearing Christ	English
Dante	Enduring	Latin
Henry	Home ruler	English
James	Supplanter	English
John	God is gracious	Hebrew
Leonardo	Brave lion	Italian
Lucas	From Lucania	Latin
Maxwell	Mack's stream	English
William	A willing protector	German

Lists With Anthony

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Siblings of Anthony

Mamas with kids named Anthony also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Edith	Strife for wealth	English
Rosemary	Dew of the sea	Latin
Alfred	Elf or magical counsel	English

Evangeline	Good news	English
Braxton	Brock's town	English
Dylan	Great tide	Welsh
Ananias
Zaria	Princess; radiance	Slavic

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22 Comments

Anthony Hammond Feb 6 at 4:03 pm

Anthony means Priceless; Beyond Praise. This fact is widely known. This is the website I’ve seen that didn’t know that. Lol.

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Latisha Feb 6 at 7:51 am

Anthony is named after his father. This is his father 1 son out of 3 daughters. I love the name Anthony. Anthony will be one month soon.

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Kerry-Ann Jul 6 at 8:51 am

His dad name
His dad
No

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Kerry-Ann May 25 at 11:19 am

I choose Anthony because he’s a junior. He’s the first bot for his dad and he requested that his first son have his name. The name Anthony never goes old.

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Alexandra Apr 22 at 3:43 am

He chose Anthony Charles as his father’s middle name is Anthony and my father’s name is Charles so we kept it in the family. My husband is a third and he did not want to continue the line with the name so we made our own.

The only thing I dislike is, everyone keeps asking what we’re gonna call him Tony, Andy, Ant. I don’t know. My little nickname for him is little foot because he’s so little.

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Brittany Oct 31 at 11:11 am

Named after my father

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Alexei Jun 14 at 9:37 am

Named after husbands father

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Jessica May 22 at 9:58 am

Named after my father

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Angela Jan 1 at 7:27 pm

I chose his name after he was born because I wanted to see him first. Anthony came to me when I was around 8 months pregnant w him. It’s my fathers name & Anthony’s middle name (Joseph) Is after my uncle Joey that passed away. It just fit him so well and still does today.

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Anthony May 28 at 2:55 am

Both me and my husband are the biggest Marvel fan in our families . So after we saw endgame , I suggested “Anthony ” to the honor of the man who sacrificed himself for the universe Iron man / Tony Stark . His middle name is also Stark 🙂

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Clyvia Lawrence May 3 at 12:29 pm

I named him after his Grandfather and his Father

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Elizabeth Mar 19 at 10:29 am

Anthony is my son’s name . His middle name is Orion because I love stars and galaxy 🙂 his nickname is Tony but often I call him Tion.

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- Lia May 21 at 4:23 am
  
  Named him after my favorite hero who sacrificed himself for his people Iron man / Tony Stark 😉
  
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Mirna Jan 24 at 7:53 am

Family name

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Caitlin Nov 14 at 9:31 am

I named him after his father. We both decided that it would be nice for him to have a name sake since he will be our last child. Between us we have 10 and I’ve had 7 of those 10. My body is tired lol. But Anthony Jr really does suite him because he is a spitting image of his father. I’m in love ??

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Cece Sep 17 at 11:52 pm

Anthony’s name was very special to me because he’s a jr. after my husband and I thought that would be a special thing they would have in common.

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Ana Mejia Sep 10 at 11:34 am

I name my son Anthony because is a beautiful name than because it is star with the letters A and I like my name is Ana Iris and his name is Anthony Isai, he is really a gift i found out i was pregnant with him the same day my mom has one year anniversary that she passed away ? i want a girl so bad ,but i had another boy and now i am so happy with my little Anthony ?

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Shae Williamson Aug 17 at 12:25 pm

My husband and I chose to name or son after his father ? Anthony James Jr ? Almost as soon as we learned we were having a son, I knew that I would like to name him after his daddy. Even tho my husband already has a son (and a daughter) from his previous marriage, Anthony Jr is our first child together and also being a male, it just seemed perfect. I have always loved the name Anthony, probably because his daddy was my first little crush in the 3rd grade ?, so the name always had a special place in my heart.

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Laura Aug 16 at 11:04 am

We named our baby Anthony after his dad’s late biological dad. Now he always has a little piece of his dad he didn’t know for long whenever he looks at his son ?

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MCT Aug 3 at 2:09 pm

The only name my husband and I agreed on for our son. It’s a classic. It will never go out of style or sound dated. We named both of our kids after saints. I absolutely love this name.

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Jessica Jun 8 at 1:01 pm

My husband’s grandfather’s name. It was never my favorite, but family connection or the meaning of a name is more important. He’s the only 8 year old Tony we know and I love that.

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Raquel Jun 8 at 10:49 am

Fathers name

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