Antonius
Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish name used in Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, part of the Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia, while Antoníus is an Icelandic name used in Iceland.
- Ancient Roman
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Antonius
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish name used in Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, part of the Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Belgium, Netherlands, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and Indonesia, while Antoníus is an Icelandic name used in Iceland.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Roman
- Dutch
The Story of Antonius
American parents first put Antonius on the record books as a baby boy name in 1961, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 20 Antoniuss were born — ranking #3,221 that year. About 21% of every Antonius on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Antonius last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 622 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Antonius
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Names that sound like Antonius
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About the name Antonius
Antonius is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 622 births in the dataset. Antonius's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #3,221. Use the chart and map above to compare Antonius'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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