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]

Antonia
PronunciationItalian: [anˈtɔːnja] or /ˈæntəniə/
GenderFemale
Language(s)Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Origin
Language(s)Latin, from Etruscan
Word/nameAntonius
Other names
Nickname(s)Toni, Anto, Nia, Toña
Related namesAntonietta, 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.[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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Roman women

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

Other people

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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.

Surname

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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.