Antonia (name)
| Pronunciation | Italian: [anˈtɔːnja] or /ˈæntəniə/ | 
|---|---|
| Gender | Female | 
| Language(s) | Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian | 
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Latin, from Etruscan | 
| Word/name | Antonius | 
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Toni, Anto, Nia, Toña | 
| Related names | Antonietta, Antoinette | 
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.[1]
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.[2] Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina,.[3] Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland.[4] Antonia (Greek: Αντωνία) is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης)[5] 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 Laucher, German soprano
 - 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 Ružić (born 2003), Croatian tennis player
 - 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
 
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Antonia
 - All pages with titles containing Antonia
 - Antonia (disambiguation)
 - Antona (name)
 - Antonic
 - Antonida Asonova
 - Antonik
 - Antonin (name)
 - Antonina (name)
 - Antoñita (disambiguation), given name/nickname
 - Antoniu
 - Antoniya
 - Antonya Nelson (born 1961), U.S. author
 - Tonia (name)