Antonio as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Antonio

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The baby name Antonio is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced {'english': 'an-TOH-nee-oh (/ænˈtoʊni.oʊ/)', 'spanish': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtonjo/)', 'italian': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtɔnjo/)'}.

Antonio is Latin in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 4.0

Origin: Latin

Pronunciation: {'english': 'an-TOH-nee-oh (/ænˈtoʊni.oʊ/)', 'spanish': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtonjo/)', 'italian': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtɔnjo/)'}

What is the meaning of the name Antonio ?

The baby name Antonio is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced {'english': 'an-TOH-nee-oh (/ænˈtoʊni.oʊ/)', 'spanish': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtonjo/)', 'italian': 'ahn-TOH-nyoh (/anˈtɔnjo/)'}.

Antonio is Latin in Origin.

Antonio is the Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of the Roman family name Antonius, likely of Etruscan origin, with its exact meaning uncertain; the modern gloss “priceless, of inestimable worth” reflects longstanding tradition, while a later folk link to Greek anthos “flower” is unsupported. Reverence for St. Anthony the Great and St. Anthony of Padua propelled the name across Catholic Europe from late antiquity through the Middle Ages.

Today it is widespread throughout the Mediterranean and Latin America and remains an enduring favorite in Italy, Spain, and Portugal; in the United States it rose in the late twentieth century alongside Hispanic usage. Key variants include António (Portugal), Antônio (Brazil), Antoni (Polish/Catalan), Anton (German/Slavic), Antoine (French), Anthony (English), Antonios (Greek), and Antón (Galician). Common diminutives are Toni, Toño, Tonio, Totò, Tonino, Nino, and in Portuguese Tó and Toninho. Feminine counterparts include Antonia, Antonella, Antonieta, and Antoinette.

Antonio has the following similar or variant Names

António (Portuguese)
Antônio (Brazilian Portuguese)
Antoni (Polish/Catalan)
Tonio
Toni
Tony
Nino

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Actor · Born 1968 · United States

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Antonio	Flores	Lola Flores	television actor	★★★★★	El Pescaílla	singer	★★★★★

Antonio – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2025	#1	—	423
Spain	Boys	0	#2	139,560	5,610
IT	Boys	0	#3	449,272	10,046
SV	Boys	0	#4	29	352
Spain		0	#6	4,860	2,326
LU	Boys	0	#7	728	4,970
SV		0	#7	5	283
AO	Boys	0	#8	1,366	5,568
IT		0	#8	16,934	4,183
AO		0	#10	108	2,729
HR	Boys	0	#11	4,048	3,997
PA	Boys	0	#11	6,015	9,305
BR	Boys	0	#12	31,041	12,213
IT	Boys	2024	#14	2,196	47
HN		0	#14	9	704
HN	Boys	0	#15	45	749
MX	Boys	0	#15	64,325	16,355
GT	Boys	0	#19	4,834	7,625
PA		0	#19	150	3,797
PT	Boys	0	#19	15,091	7,951
MU	Boys	0	#20	3,717	8,477
GT		0	#21	831	5,948
HT	Girls	0	#23	1	950
BF	Boys	0	#26	1	439
KR	Boys	0	#26	2	897
HR		0	#28	365	2,081
NA		0	#28	6	2,537
PR	Boys	0	#29	349	2,508
PR		0	#31	25	1,497
HT	Boys	0	#32	3	903
PE	Boys	0	#32	16,299	14,506
EE		0	#37	1	1,051
MX		0	#37	1,254	8,339
EC		0	#38	86	2,502
HN	Girls	0	#38	1	884
ID		0	#38	2	2,238
MT		0	#40	4	1,767
EC	Boys	0	#41	607	3,322
LU		0	#41	26	2,830
MO		0	#43	10	2,706
CL	Boys	0	#46	13,927	13,390
CR	Boys	0	#46	2,715	10,188
MU		0	#48	152	3,613
PT		0	#50	638	4,161
AL		0	#54	22	2,372
CM		0	#54	3	2,592
BR		0	#55	603	5,969
CO	Boys	0	#55	26,809	15,656
BO	Boys	0	#58	4,460	9,244
AR	Boys	0	#60	4,200	7,628
CY		0	#60	1	1,632
Iceland	Boys	0	#62	12	131
JP		0	#65	13	4,057
PH	Boys	0	#65	537	11,440
PE		0	#67	372	6,350
BO		0	#69	598	6,868
PH		0	#69	28	5,607
BG		0	#70	11	1,799
JM		0	#71	17	3,714
MO	Boys	0	#76	191	5,842
SI		0	#78	3	1,612
CN		0	#79	8	3,857
AL	Boys	0	#82	348	5,122
RS		0	#83	2	923
QA		0	#84	17	7,011
LT		0	#88	1	949
UY	Boys	0	#90	1,897	5,922
KZ		0	#92	3	1,452
BG	Boys	0	#100	168	3,850
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#101	37	1,769
TW		0	#102	2	4,523
OM		0	#104	13	6,215
KW		0	#106	11	5,216
CR		0	#107	52	5,526
MT	Boys	0	#107	73	4,064
CL		0	#108	643	6,867
GE	Boys	0	#109	2	2,055
BN	Girls	0	#113	2	5,459
HU		0	#114	2	1,675
BN	Boys	0	#116	18	6,332
EE	Boys	0	#118	8	2,087
ID	Boys	0	#120	12	4,130
JP	Boys	0	#120	204	7,909
JM	Boys	0	#123	186	6,876
CY	Boys	0	#124	8	3,473
NA	Boys	0	#124	117	6,830
RS	Boys	0	#125	30	2,277
AZ	Boys	0	#130	2	1,400
GR		0	#130	6	3,911
Norway	Boys	2025	#131	4	444
IQ		0	#132	2	3,533
UY		0	#132	46	2,477
BW	Boys	0	#133	17	4,685
AR		0	#138	49	2,915
CO		0	#140	687	7,768
LT	Boys	0	#141	10	2,166
BW	Girls	0	#151	1	4,216
HU	Boys	0	#151	24	3,954
AE		0	#152	26	10,220
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
Germany	Boys	0	#154	3,253	5,697
PR	Girls	0	#166	2	3,171
Sweden	Boys	2022	#167	16	1,509
RU		0	#168	22	3,641
United States	Boys	2024	#172	2,047	7,044
LU	Girls	0	#172	14	4,850
Belgium	Boys	2022	#177	21	401
CZ		0	#178	9	3,154
SI	Boys	0	#181	29	3,402
AO	Girls	0	#187	23	4,575
TW	Boys	0	#194	48	7,111
Canada	Boys	2024	#199	110	2,588
DK		0	#199	8	5,198
Austria		0	#200	14	850
Austria	Boys	0	#202	313	2,180
CZ	Boys	0	#206	105	6,530
NA	Girls	0	#206	19	7,146
GR	Boys	0	#207	61	6,912
PL		0	#209	4	2,600
CN	Boys	0	#210	115	9,639
AL	Girls	0	#220	8	4,141
PS		0	#220	7	5,692
RU	Boys	0	#224	396	12,621
IR		0	#225	7	4,221
SA		0	#231	65	10,560
PL	Boys	0	#236	105	6,459
DK	Boys	0	#238	88	7,401
BD		0	#239	3	5,992
GH		0	#246	3	5,396
GR	Girls	0	#249	1	6,293
JP	Girls	0	#249	3	6,592
SG		0	#249	21	11,010
EC	Girls	0	#250	9	3,650
KZ	Boys	0	#252	38	6,578
NG		0	#255	10	5,926
MO	Girls	0	#261	3	7,056
ZA	Boys	0	#271	2,249	25,619
HR	Girls	0	#273	17	3,687
AF	Boys	0	#274	1	3,535
IL		0	#274	9	6,291
JM	Girls	0	#276	3	7,507
TW	Girls	0	#289	1	8,139
Germany		0	#292	151	2,542
France	Boys	2021	#301	89	2,865
GH	Boys	0	#319	27	8,138
MY		0	#320	11	12,352
HK		0	#327	22	8,483
MU	Girls	0	#327	25	8,539
DK	Girls	0	#328	2	7,429
NL		0	#331	61	2,481
NL	Boys	0	#331	1,081	5,873
KZ	Girls	0	#332	1	5,862
LB		0	#332	413	13,263
GH	Girls	0	#336	2	6,973
JO	Girls	0	#339	1	7,570
QA	Girls	0	#339	5	15,378
CZ	Girls	0	#348	4	5,378
SD	Girls	0	#356	3	7,678
ZA		0	#356	92	14,421
HK	Boys	0	#357	181	12,905
CN	Girls	0	#358	2	8,829
Finland	Boys	0	#358	70	2,041
JO	Boys	0	#365	13	7,057
Spain	Girls	0	#371	1,036	5,561
YE		0	#372	10	8,639
PT	Girls	0	#373	79	7,952
IT	Girls	0	#384	2,932	9,415
EG		0	#405	8	6,387
BD	Girls	0	#406	1	8,413
OM	Girls	0	#418	7	15,987
PH	Girls	0	#421	9	13,098
SD	Boys	0	#421	25	10,523
PA	Girls	0	#439	43	9,861
CM	Boys	0	#446	105	12,054
IR	Boys	0	#451	102	10,162
GT	Girls	0	#458	48	7,500
BH		0	#463	91	17,937
Finland	Boys	2026	#468	248	3,552
PS	Boys	0	#478	71	10,655
QA	Boys	0	#492	217	18,093
KW	Girls	0	#493	23	19,177
UY	Girls	0	#496	15	6,731
LY		0	#502	34	12,703
CR	Girls	0	#513	20	11,342
KW	Boys	0	#514	264	18,755
RU	Girls	0	#518	6	11,913
IL	Boys	0	#523	85	10,983
IQ	Girls	0	#524	2	11,303
AE	Girls	0	#543	11	20,968
SG	Boys	0	#543	155	17,960
IR	Girls	0	#544	2	8,334
CM	Girls	0	#555	6	11,671
AR	Girls	0	#574	26	8,289
BO	Girls	0	#581	31	9,488
IQ	Boys	0	#593	75	13,071
BD	Boys	0	#597	9	10,045
HK	Girls	0	#605	11	16,104
SG	Girls	0	#629	4	18,916
BR	Girls	0	#643	317	12,708
SY		0	#653	76	11,684
TN		0	#662	169	13,765
OM	Boys	0	#671	211	17,948
SA	Boys	0	#707	1,334	28,008
EG	Boys	0	#708	180	15,035
CL	Girls	0	#721	131	14,098
MA		0	#731	431	20,986
MX	Girls	0	#750	515	17,781
NG	Girls	0	#762	25	15,093
NG	Boys	0	#765	190	16,906
AE	Boys	0	#780	320	22,615
Germany	Girls	0	#816	23	4,949
PE	Girls	0	#842	102	14,861
CO	Girls	0	#857	226	16,140
DZ		0	#883	295	20,130
MY	Boys	0	#894	219	25,439
SA	Girls	0	#903	33	25,931
United States	Girls	2018	#921	5	9,057
NL	Girls	0	#945	11	5,933
ZA	Girls	0	#981	161	25,928
IN	Boys	0	#987	15	16,750
EG	Girls	0	#1,006	4	14,742
MY	Girls	0	#1,067	6	24,821
TR		0	#1,111	101	19,440

Antonio is popular in 95 countries — most recent births per country:

France

Norway

Ireland

Scotland, United Kingdom

Canada

Wallonia, Belgium

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Germany

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

Flanders, Belgium

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

Iceland

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