Antonius

given name · Western Frisian · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Antonius is a given name, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country, where it is the 14th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Western Frisian and Dutch, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: of uncertain origin; Latin name of Roman family Antonii.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 76◐
  • DEGermany1 in 12K
  • AUAustralia1 in 102K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈228K ●

across 9 countries

Sources
133 ●

24K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 76 ◐

Netherlands

Meaning & origin●

of uncertain origin; Latin name of Roman family Antonii

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Antonius is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands#14226,625△2.6K rec.1 in 76227KAntonius90
DE Germany—9,8767.9K rec.—1Antonius117
AU Australia—1,1401.1K rec.—3Antonius64
FR France—1,020925 rec.—52Antonius93
US United States—7318K rec.1 in 455K731Antonius133
ZA South Africa—643641 rec.——Antonius11
BE Belgium—533368 rec.—28Antonius37
SE Sweden—524△23 rec.1 in 19K524—8
GB United Kingdom—454403 rec.——Antonius34
AT Austria—43382 rec.—82Antonius38
MY Malaysia—27691 rec.——Antonius17
EG Egypt—17457 rec.——Antonius19

Roughly 227K people in Netherlands bear this name (about 1 in 76). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Western Frisian287K35%
  • Dutch247K30%
  • English235K29%
  • Indonesian24K3%
  • German11K1%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Western Frisian287,44635%
Dutch246,65730%
English234,53229%
Indonesian24,0813%
German11,4801%

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◐

Antonius is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name30K records spelled Antonius14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, India

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Antoni, 'Antonius, Antoñi, Àntoni, Ãņťôńî

  • Finnish given name1.1K records spelled Antonius6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, United Kingdom, Philippines

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Anthony, Änthöny, Anthöny

  • Croatian given name751 records spelled Antonius8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Netherlands

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Антониус

57 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●

Antonius is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from the Roman name Antonius; via the saints Anthony

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In English, a Roman nomen gentilicium

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, patronymische Familiennamen zu Rufname Antonius (lat. Antonius).

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In Latin, The name of a Roman gens, a "family name".

    as a wordkaikki.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●

0510152019802000202020 · 1992

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Antonius in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1961–2024
Yearrecords
19615
19627
196711
19696
197016
197115
197213
197310
197411
19758
197614
197711
197811
197911
19808
198212
19838
19849
198511
198613
198710
198810
198913
199015
199112
199220
199314
199414
199515
199611
19979
199811
199912
200016
200112
200211
20036
20046
200511
20066
200714
200811
20097
20107
201112
20129
201310
201411
201513
201612
20177
201813
20199
202012
20219
20225
20237
202410

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 58 years between 1961–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

1850190019502000Antonius van den Broek, b. 1870Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, b. 1886Han van Meegeren, b. 1889Josef Terboven, b. 1898Piet Steenkamp, b. 1925Hans van Mierlo, b. 1931Ton Koopman, b. 1944André Ooijer, b. 1974Roy Makaay, b. 1975Jasper Cillessen, b. 1989
  • Antonius van den Broekb. 1870NLDutch physicist and lawyer (1870-1926)
  • Prince Adalbert of Bavariab. 1886DEnot in their usual nameGerman prince and diplomat
  • Han van Meegerenb. 1889NLnot in their usual nameDutch painter and art forger (1889-1947)
  • Josef Terbovenb. 1898DEnot in their usual nameGerman politician (1898–1945)
  • Piet Steenkampb. 1925NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician and university professor (1925-2016)
  • Hans van Mierlob. 1931NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (1931–2010)
  • Ton Koopmanb. 1944NLnot in their usual nameDutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, born 2 October 1944
  • André Ooijerb. 1974NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 1974)
  • Roy Makaayb. 1975NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer (born 1975)
  • Jasper Cillessenb. 1989NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player (born 1989)

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●

Attested in 59 sources across 34 countries.

Official registers attesting Antonius
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—227K#7
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—61K#33
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—2.9K#627
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020731#15,599
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—524#2,680
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—276#2,879
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007175#11,858
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020141#127,013
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010127#133,048
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026126#683
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—91—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—84#8,655

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 229 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Antonius?
We estimate roughly 228 thousand people bear Antonius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
In which country does Antonius have the most bearers?
We estimate about 227 thousand people bear Antonius in the Netherlands, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled antonius.
Where is Antonius most common?
Antonius is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 76 people carrying it.
How common is Antonius compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Antonius is the 14th most common given name of 134,847 given names recorded there.
Is Antonius a male or female name?
Antonius 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 Antonius mean?
Recorded meaning: of uncertain origin; Latin name of Roman family Antonii
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Antonius” — the 14th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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