Name: Anthony
Gender: Male
Usage: Anthony, of basque origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Anthony are in general originating from Belgium, France, Gabon, India, Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malta, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Anthony across the world, see Antonius.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Anthony is: Worthy of praise, Highly praiseworthy.
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Numerology of the first name Anthony: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 7. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: spiritual, intelligent, analytical, reserved, knowledgeable, mysterious, intuitive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Philosophical, Spiritual
Ruling planet: Neptune
Colors: Green
Gemstones: Moonstone
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The name Anthony is ranked on the 43rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 7336700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.101% of the population. The name Anthony has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Anthony for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Anthony is 17 January.
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History and Origin
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from Antonius, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged. That name seems to have come originally from the Etruscan language, although nothing further is known about this derivation. There was an ancient tradition that the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. (Plut. Ant. 4)
"Anthony" is equivalent to Antoine in French, Antonio in Spanish and Italian, António or Antônio in Portuguese, Anton in Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Galician, Icelandic, Scandinavian, Dutch and German, Antal in Hungarian, and Antun or Ante in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Tony (sometimes "Tone" or "Ant" or "Anth"). Its use as a Christian name was due to the veneration of St Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism, particularly in France. Also significant was the later cult of St Antony of Padua. The spelling with "h" is not found until the 16th century when Camden incorrectly claimed that the name derived from the Greek anthos. The spelling pronunciation later became usual in the United States but not in the British Isles.
In the United States, it is the seventh most popular male name as of 2008, according to the Social Security Administration. When the background is Italian, Nino or Toni, shortened from Antonino, are used. Its popularity in the United Kingdom peaked during the 1940s, in 1944 it was the sixth most popular male name and was still as high as 14th in 1964.
The usual English form of the old Roman family name Antōnius, which is of uncertain (probably Etruscan) origin. The spelling with -th- (not normally reflected in the pronunciation) represents a learned but erroneous attempt to associate it with Greek anthos flower. In the post-classical period it was a common name, borne by various early saints, most notably a 3rd-century Egyptian hermit monk, who is regarded as the founder of Christian monasticism.
Variant: Antony.
Cognates: Irish Gaelic: Antain(e). French: Antoine. Italian, Spanish: Antonio. Catalan: Antoni. Basque: Andoni. German: Anton. Polish: Antoni. Czech: Antonín. Russian: Anton. Hungarian: Antal.
Short forms: English: Tony. Italian: Tonio. Spanish: Toño. Low German, Frisian: Tönjes.
Pet forms: Spanish: Tonete.
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