Antero
Antero is a Finnish given name and the Spanish version of the Latin name Anterus. It may refer to:Antero Abreu (1927–2017), Angolan author and poet Antero Alli (1952–2023), Finnish astrologer Ántero Asto, Peruvian politician Antero de Quental (1842–1891), Portuguese poet Antero Flores Aráoz, Peruvian lawyer and politician Antero González (1901–1978), Spanish footballer Antero Halonen (1938–2016),…
- Finnish
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Antero
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Antero is a Finnish given name and the Spanish version of the Latin name Anterus. It may refer to:Antero Abreu (1927–2017), Angolan author and poet Antero Alli (1952–2023), Finnish astrologer Ántero Asto, Peruvian politician Antero de Quental (1842–1891), Portuguese poet Antero Flores Aráoz, Peruvian lawyer and politician Antero González (1901–1978), Spanish footballer Antero Halonen (1938–2016),…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Italian
The Story of Antero
The earliest SSA record of Antero as a baby boy name dates back to 1965, when 6 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Antero — #5,942 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Antero on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Antero last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 66 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Antero
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Antero. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Antti
- Atte
- Tero
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About the name Antero
Antero is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 66 births in the dataset. Antero's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #5,942. Use the chart and map above to compare Antero's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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