# Antonia (name)

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.
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. Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina,. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland. Antonia (Greek: Αντωνία) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης) used mainly in Greece and Cyprus.

## Variants

* Anthonia – Danish, Finnish, Swedish
* Antoaneta – Bulgarian
* Antoinette – French
* Antonela – Albanian
* Antonella – Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
* Antoneta – Albanian
* Antonette – English
* Antonia – Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
* Ántonia – Bohemian
* Antonía – Icelandic
* Antònia – Catalan
* Antónia – Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
* Antônia – Brazilian Portuguese
* Antonie – Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
* Antonieta – Portuguese
* Antonietta – Italian, Spanish
* Antonija – Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene
* Antonina – Italian, Polish
* Antonine – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
* Antía – Galician
* Nedda – Italian
* Nela – Croatian, Czech, Slovak
* Nettie – Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
* Teuna – Dutch
* Toini – Finnish
* Toni – English
* Toñi – Spanish
* Tonia – English, Polish
* Tonka – Croatian, Slovene
* Tony – English
* Tonya – English, Russian, Ukrainian
* Tončica – Croatian (Dalmatian)
* Tosia – Polish
* Αντωνία (Antonia or Andonia) – Greek

## Roman women

The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome:
* Antonia (aunt of Mark Antony), the daughter of Marcus Antonius (orator)
* Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida she married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus
* Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida, she married her cousin Mark Antony
* Antonia (wife of Vatinius), sister of Mark Antony, she married Publius Vatinius
* Daughters of Mark Antony
** Antonia (wife of Pythodoros), married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles
** Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero
** Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula
* Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Mark Anthony
* Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter Pythodoros of Tralles, princess of Pontus
* Antonia Furnilla, mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla
* Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
* Antonia Clementiana, daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
* Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
* Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively
* Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints

## Other people

* Antônia (footballer)
* Mother Antonia, Mexican nun
* Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer
* Antònia Abelló (1913-1984), Spanish political activist, journalist, feminist
* Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman
* Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily
* Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet
* Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress
* Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary classical music composer
* Antonia of Douro, descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
* Toni Garrn, (born Antonia Garrn), German model
* Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer
* Antonia Iacobescu, Romanian singer also known as "Antonia"
* Antônia Keyla, Brazilian para-athlete
* Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
* Antonia Kinlay, British actress
* Antonia Lofaso, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
* Antonia of Luxembourg
* Antônia Melo
* Antonia Moraiti (born 1977), Greek water polo player
* Antonia Nava de Catalán (1779 – 1843), heroine of the Mexican War of Independence
* Antonia Niedermaier (born 2003), German cyclist and ski mountaineer
* Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
* Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
* Anntonia Porsild, Thai actress and model
* Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess
* Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet
* Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress
* Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
* Bahamadia, (born Antonia Reed), American hip-hop artist
* Antonia Stergiou (born 1985), Greek high jumper
* Antonia Thomas, British actress
* Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
* Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883)
* Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing

## Fictional people

* 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.
* Antonia Quixana, the niece and house-keeper of Don Quixote.

## Surname

* Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf
* Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer