Anthony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæntəni/
ipa: /ˈænθəni/
Forms: form: Antony
Etymology: From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)). The Roman clan name is of uncertain etymology, but is not Greek or Hebrew; most likely of Etruscan origin, possibly derived from Ani, the Etruscan god of the sky. Doublet of Antoine.
Senses: examples: text: "...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should Anthony look?" "You look like Anthony," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
ref: 1922, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, (please specify |book=1, 2, or 3):
text: It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony, a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like Stephen, Peter, Michael, etc., in this country.
ref: 1952, Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English, Random House, page 245:
text: She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint Anthony," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint Anthony?" her husband said. "Who's Saint Anthony?"
ref: 1955, Joseph Heller, chapter 5, in Catch-22:
text: Covid-19 is still spreading rampantly and must be tackled aggressively if we want life to get back to normal soon, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Sunday.
ref: 2021 March 14, Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, “The US is now in a vulnerable spot with Covid-19. Don’t make the same mistakes Europe did, Fauci says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021:
glosses: A male given name from Latin, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
examples: text: The online fundraising site GiveSendGo continues to face criticism over a page that has raised more than $320,000 for Karmelo Anthony, the teen arrested for stabbing fellow 17-year-old student-athlete Austin Metcalf to death at a Texas track meet last week.
ref: 2025 April 10, Bobby Burack, “GiveSendGo's $300,000 Page For Karmelo Anthony Is Consistent With Company Policy”, in OutKick:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Harper County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, bordering onto Anthony, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in El Paso County, Texas, bordering onto Anthony, New Mexico.
Derived terms: Saint Anthony
St. Anthony
St Anthony-in-Meneage
Susan B. Anthony
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Tony
word: Ant
word: Anto
word: Antu
word: Antony
word: Antonio
word: Antoine
word: Anton
sense: feminine names
word: Antonia
word: Antoinette
word: Toni
word: Tonia
word: Tonya