Antonia (name)

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.

Antonia is a Spanish, Italian, Polish and Maltese feminine form of Anton/Antonio used in Italy, Spain, Malta, Switzerland, Argentina and other countries. Antónia (European Portuguese) and Antônia (Brazilian Portuguese) are Portuguese variants of António/Antônio. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland. In Greek, Antonia () is the feminine form of Antonios (Αντώνιος) and Antonis (Αντώνης), 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

• Antonia Brenner (1926–2013), Mexican nun
• Nina Antonia (born 1960), British journalist and writer
• Antònia Abelló (1913–1984), Spanish political activist, journalist, feminist
• (born 1943), Swedish businesswoman
• Antonia of Baux (1353–1375), queen consort of Sicily
• Antonia Byatt (born 1936), British novelist and poet
• Antonia Campbell-Hughes (born 1982), Northern Irish actress
• Jane Antonia Cornish (born 1975), British Contemporary classical music composer
• Antonia of Douro (born 1955), descendant of emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
• Toni Garrn (born in 1992 as Antonia Garrn), German model
• Antonia Göransson (born 1990), Swedish footballer
• Antonia Iacobescu, also known as Antonia (born 1989), Romanian singer
• Antônia Keyla (born 1994), Brazilian para-athlete
• Antonia Kidman (born 1970), Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
• Antonia Kinlay, British actress
• Antonia Laucher (1786–1871), German soprano
• Antonia Lofaso (born 1976), American celebrity chef and restaurateur
• Princess Antonia of Luxembourg (1899–1954)
• Antônia Melo (born 1949), Brazilian human rights activist and environmentalist
• Antonia Mielke (1856–1907), German operatic soprano
• 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 Nocca, also known as Antonia (born 2005), Italian singer
• Antonia Novello (born 1944), first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
• Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
• Anntonia Porsild (born 1996), Thai actress and model
• Antónia of Portugal (1845–1913), Portuguese princess
• Antonia Pozzi (1912–1938), Italian poet
• Antonia Prebble (born 1984), New Zealand actress
• Antonia Rados (born 1953), Austrian television journalist
• Antonia Ramírez (died 2024), Salvadoran singer and language activist
• Antonia Reed, birth name of Bahamadia (born 1966), American hip-hop artist
• Antônia Ronnycleide da Costa Silva, also known as Antônia (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
• Antonia Ružić (born 2003), Croatian tennis player
• Antonia Stergiou (born 1985), Greek high jumper
• Antonia Thomas (born 1986), British actress
• Antonia Wright (born 1979), American reality television personality
• Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883)
• Helena Antonia (1550–1595), bearded female court dwarf
• Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing (born 1944), American actress

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

• Jarchinio Antonia (born 1990), Curaçaoan footballer

See also

• 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)

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