Anthony ( given name ) - wikipedia Anthony ( given name ) Anthony Gender Masculine Language ( s ) English Origin Language ( s ) Latin, from Etruscan Word / name Antonius Other names Variant form ( s ) Antony, Antoine, Anton, Antun, Ante, Antonio, Anto Pet form ( s ) Ant, Antonino, Nino, Toni, Tony, Tone, Toño Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the Antonii, a gens ( Roman family name ) to which Mark Antony ( Marcus Antonius ) belonged. There was an ancient tradition that the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. ( Plut. Ant. 4 ) `` Anthony '' is equivalent to Antoine in French ; Antonio in Italian and Spanish ; António or Antônio in Portuguese ; Anton in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages ; Antal in Hungarian ; and Antun or Ante in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Tony ( sometimes `` Tone '' or `` Ant '' or `` Anth '' ). Its use as a Christian name was due to the veneration of St Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism, particularly in Egypt. Also significant was the later cult of St Antony of Padua. The spelling with `` h '' is not found until the 16th century when William Camden incorrectly claimed that the name derived from the Greek ἄνθος ( anthos, flower or possibly a small yellow bird such as a wagtail ). The spelling pronunciation later became usual in the United States but not in the British Isles. In the United States, it is the seventh most popular male name as of 2008, according to the Social Security Administration. When the background is Italian, Nino or Toni, shortened from Antonino, are used. Its popularity in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1940s, in 1944 it was the sixth most popular male name and was still as high as 14th in 1964. Contents 1 Spelling and pronunciation 2 Translations and variants 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Spelling and pronunciation The name was historically spelled Antony, as used in Shakespeare 's play Antony and Cleopatra. In the 17th century, the letter `` h '' was inserted into the spelling on the mistaken belief that the name derived from the Greek word ανθος ( anthos ), meaning `` flower ''. In Britain, the historical pronunciation / ˈæntəni / predominates for both spellings, while in the United States and Australia the spelling pronunciation / ˈænθəni / is more common when the `` Anthony '' spelling is used. Translations and variants Albanian : Andon ( standard Albanian and Tosk Albanian dialect ), Ndue ( Gheg Albanian dialect ) Arabic : أنتوني, انطوان ، انطون ، طانيوس ، مطانيوس Basque : Andoni, Antton Belarusian : Антось ( Antoś ), Энтані ( Entani ) Bengali : এন্থনি ( Ēnthoni ), আন্তোনিও ( Āntōni'ō ) Bosnian : Ante, Anto, Antonije, Toni Bulgarian : Anton, Andon, Doncho Catalan : Antoni, Toni Chinese ( Mandarin ) : 安东尼 ( simplified ), 安東尼 ( traditional ) ( Āndōngní ) Croatian : Anton, Antonijo, Antonio, Antun, Ante, Anto, Tonči, Tonći, Toni Czech : Antonín, Antek, Tonik, Tonda Danish : Anton, Ante Dutch : Anton, Antoon, Antonie, Antonius, Teun, Teunis, Theun, Theunis, Ton, Toon Esperanto : Antono, Anĉjo Estonian : Anton, Tõnis, Tõnu, Tõnn Finnish : Anton, Anttoni, Antton, Antto, Toni French : Antoine, Antonin Galician : Antón German : Anton, Toni Greek : Αντώνιος ( Antó̱nios ), Αντώνης ( Antonis ), Andonios, Andonis Gujarati : એન્થની ( Ēnthanī ) Hawaiian : Anakoni, Akoni Hebrew : אנטוני המלך, טוני Hindi : एंथनी ( Ēnthanī ) Hungarian : Antal, Tóni Irish : Antaine, Antoine, Antóin Italian : Antonio, Antonino, Antonello, Nino, Tonino, Tonio, Totò Japanese : アンソニー ( Ansonī ) Kannada : ಆಂಟನಿ ( Āṇṭani ) Korean : 안토니 ( Antoni ) Latin : Antonius, Antoninus Latvian : Antonijs, Antons Lithuanian : Antanas Macedonian : Anton, Antonij, Andon, Doncho Marathi : अंन्थोनी ( Annthōnī ) Malayalam : ആൻ്റണി ( Antoni ), അന്തോനി ( Anthōnī ) Mongolian : Антони ( Antoni ) Nepali : एन्थोनी ( Ēnthōnī ) Norwegian : Anton Persian : آنتونی Polish : Antoni, Antek, Antonin, Tolek, Tonek Portuguese : António, Antão Portuguese ( Brazilian ) : Antônio Romanian : Anton Russian : Антон ( Anton ) Serbian : Антоније ( Antonije ), Анто ( Anto ) Sheng : Anto, Toni Slovak : Anton, Tóno Slovene : Anton, Tone Spanish : Antonio, Antón, Toño ( diminutive ) Swahili : Antoni, Antonio, Toni Swedish : Anton, Ante Sylheti : আন্তনি ( Antoni ) Tagalog : Antonio, Anton, Onyo, Onying, Ton, Tonio, Tonyo, Tunying Tamil : அந்தோணி ( Antōṇi ) Telugu : ఆంథోనీ ( Ānthōnī ) Thai : แอ น โท นี่ ( Xæ n tho nī̀ ) Ukrainian : Ентоні ( Entoni ), Anton, Antin Urdu : انتھونی See also Disambiguation pages for other meanings Anthony ( disambiguation ) Tony ( disambiguation ) Disambiguation pages for other spellings Andoni ( given name ) Anton ( disambiguation ) Antoni Antonis Antonio Antonius Antony ( disambiguation ) Antonia Antoine References Jump up ^ Withycombe, E.G. ( 1950 ) The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names ; 2nd ed. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; pp. 26 - 27 Jump up ^ `` Popular Baby Names ''. Ssa.gov. Retrieved 2015 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Anthony - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Anthony ''. BabyNames.co.uk. Retrieved 2015 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ Mike Campbell. `` Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Anthony ''. Behindthename.com. Retrieved 2015 - 06 - 20. Jump up ^ Wells, John C. ( 1990 ). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow, England : Longman. p. 30. ISBN 0 - 582 - 05383 - 8. entry `` Anthony '' External links BehindTheName.com entry ( also contains a list of versions of Anthony in other languages ) This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. 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Question: what is the origin of the name anthony
Answer: Latin