Antonia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Αντωνια in CY Cyprus and אנטוניה 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◐

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

• Catalan given name245K records spelled Antonia9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Antónia, Antònia, Antônia, Antoñia, Ántonia

• a separate given name59K records spelled Antonia8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy

  Also written Antònia, Antónia, Antônia, Anto̲nia, Antoniâ

• Croatian given name46K records spelled Antonia109 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Czechia

  Languages: Croatian, Hungarian, Bulgarian

  Also written Antonija, Антония, Antoniya, Антонія, Antónia

• Finnish given name5.3K records spelled Antonia7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Spain, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Antonià, Antônia, Antónia, Antònia

• Lao given name4.7K records spelled Antonia25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Antónia, A'Ntonia, แอนโทเนีย, Antònia, Ántóníá

• Korean given name1.2K records spelled Antonia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Antónia, Antônia, 안토니아, Antònia

60 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●

Antonia 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 Swedish, Antonia är en femininform till → Anton. En känd namnbärare är företagsledaren A ntonia Ax:son Johnson (f. 1943). I den rikssvenska almanackan 17 oktober och i den finlandssvenska 17 januari.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma feminina de Antonio

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme féminine d’Antoine, du latin Antonius; fête de saint Antoine.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, Latin; the feminine form of Antony.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Irish, Feminine form of Anthony.

  as a name·Irish first names

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●

• Maria Carolina of Austriab. 1752ATnot in their usual nameQueen of Naples and Sicily from 1768 to 1814 (1752–1814)
• Queen Stephanie of Portugalb. 1837DEnot in their usual nameQueen Consort of Portugal (1858-1859) (b.1837–d.1859)
• Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
• Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourgb. 1894LUnot in their usual nameGrand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919
• Fabiola of Belgiumb. 1928ESnot in their usual namequeen consort of Belgium (1928-2014)
• María Antonia Abad Fernándezb. 1928ESSpanish-Mexican actress and singer (1928-2013)
• A. S. Byattb. 1936GBnot in their usual nameBritish writer (1936–2023)
• Paola Ruffo di Calabriab. 1937ITnot in their usual namequeen consort of the Belgians
• Stockard Channingb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1944)
• Toni Garrnb. 1992DEnot in their usual nameGerman model

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 · 1,545 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Antonia?

We estimate roughly 811 thousand people bear Antonia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Antonia have the most bearers?

Antonia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled antonia.

Where is Antonia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Antonia is densest in Spain — about 1 in 285 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Antonia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Antonia is the 166th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Antonia a male or female name?

Antonia is a female 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 Antonia mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, masculine equivalent Antonio