Antonia

What Antonia means

Feminine form of Anthony, meaning “flower”

feminine equivalent of Anthony || From Latin Antōnius, name of a Roman gens (with excrescent -h- suggested by an unetymological association with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)).

Source: Wiktionary, “Antonia” (revision 93848297) and “Anthony” (revision 94534491), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Antonia?

US: Falling: down from #1018 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #273 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 669 girls got the name (#395 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 9,184 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,783 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.59 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.26 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Antonia is #1279 in the US and #439 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Antonia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Antonia

Girls

• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

For a brother

• Alfredo#819Same root as Alfred, meaning “elf + counsel”^*
• Alberto#819Spanish and Italian form of Albert, meaning “noble + bright, famous”^*
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Salvador#754“savior”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Marco#370Italian, from Latin Mārcus, meaning “pertaining to Mars”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Antonia’s. Rank is US 2025.