Antonia (name)

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.

Antonia

Pronunciation	Italian: [anˈtɔːnja] or /ˈæntəniə/
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Origin
Language(s)	Latin, from Etruscan
Word/name	Antonius
Other names
Nickname(s)	Toni, Anto, Nia, Toña
Related names	Antonietta, Antoinette

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. Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina,. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland. Antonia (Greek: Αντωνία) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης) used mainly in Greece and Cyprus.

Variants

• 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

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

• 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 Lofaso, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
• Antonia of Luxembourg
• Antônia Melo
• 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 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
• Bahamadia, (born Antonia Reed), American hip-hop artist
• Antonia Stergiou (born 1985), Greek high jumper
• Antonia Thomas, British actress
• Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
• Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883)
• Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing

Fictional people

• 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.

Surname

• Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf
• Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer

See also

• 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
• Tonia (name)