Anton

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Antonio in BR Brazil, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 9 more, Anthony in US United States, FR France, GB United Kingdom and 6 more, Антон in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Antoni in PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Anton is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name317K records spelled Anton10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian

  Also written Antón, Antoñ, Antòn, Antôn

• Finnish given name94K records spelled Anton4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Antón

• Indonesian given name51K records spelled Anton7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Antón, 'Anton, Äñtôñ, Änton, Ànton

• Hungarian given name38K records spelled Anton3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, United States, Russia

  Also written Antón, Ántón

• Catalan given name31K records spelled Anton2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Antón

• a separate given name24K records spelled Anton7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, India, Ukraine

  Also written Antón, Anṭon, Antoń, Antòn, Añtón

98 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Anton is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Antonius: männl. Vom. lateini­ schen Ursprungs, der auf einen altrömischen

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Russian, de anton, qui remplace. Antonius est le patronyme d'une illustre famille romaine.

  as a name·Russian Names

• German and Russian form of ANTHONY , now also used in the English-speaking world.

  as a word

• In Basque, a male given name, equivalent to English Anthony or Spanish Antonio

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In kw, Antony, a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Josef Ib. 1678ATnot in their usual nameEmperor from 1705 till his death in 1711
• Karl VIb. 1685ATnot in their usual name18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
• Franz Anton Mesmerb. 1734DEGerman physician
• Paul von Hindenburgb. 1847DEnot in their usual namePrussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)
• Anton Chekhovb. 1860RURussian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
• Philipp Lenardb. 1862DEnot in their usual nameGerman physicist (1862–1947)
• Anton Pannekoekb. 1873NLDutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960)
• Anton Mussertb. 1894NLDutch fascist (1894-1946)
• Franz Beckenbauerb. 1945DEnot in their usual nameGerman sports official and association football player (1945–2024)
• Chris Reab. 1951GBnot in their usual nameEnglish male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,456 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anton?

We estimate roughly 4.6 million people bear Anton (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Anton have the most bearers?

Anton is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled антон.

How common is Anton compared with other names?

In Russia, Anton is the 51st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Anton a male or female name?

Anton is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Anton mean?

Recorded meaning: var of Antonii.