Anton

See also: anton, Antón, Antôn, and An Tôn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton (countable and uncountable, plural Antons)

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 2011, Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 78:

     'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.

2. A transliteration of the Russian male given name Анто́н (Antón).
3. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Colorado.
   2. A city in Hockley County, Texas.
   3. An unincorporated community in the town of Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin.
4. A river in Hampshire, England, a tributary of the River Test.
5. A village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.

Anagrams

• annot., nanto

Basque

Alternative forms

• Andoni, Antton, Antxon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Antón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anton/ [ãn̪.t̪õn]
• Rhymes: -anton
• Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Anthony or Spanish Antonio

Declension

Declension of Anton (animate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Anton
ergative	Antonek
dative	Antoni
genitive	Antonen
comitative	Antonekin
causative	Antonengatik
benefactive	Antonentzat
instrumental	Antonez
inessive	Antonengan
locative	—
allative	Antonengana
terminative	Antonenganaino
directive	Antonenganantz
destinative	Antonenganako
ablative	Antonengandik
partitive	Antonik
prolative	Antontzat

References

• “Anton”, in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], Euskaltzaindia

Catalan

Etymology

Short form of Antoni.

Proper noun

Anton m

1. a male given name

Cornish

Proper noun

Anton

1. Antony, A village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. a male given name

Related terms

• pet forms: Tonny, Tony, Tonni
• female forms: Antonie, Antoinette

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Anton m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Ton

Related terms

• Antoon
• Teun
• Teunis
• Toon

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Tõnis, Tõnn, Tõnu

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Anton m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Anton: Antonsson
• daughter of Anton: Antonsdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Anton
Accusative	Anton
Dative	Antoni
Genitive	Antons

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate with English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnton/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑnton
• Syllabification^(key): An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton

1. a male given name
   • 1986, Vuokko Tolonen, Lastenhuone, Otava, →ISBN, page 19:

     —Pojan! Hoitaja nostaa päänsä paperista, närkästyneenä tai hölmistyneenä. Tästä ei tällä menolla tule ikinä mitään.
     —Anton.
     Jos se on ihme ja poika, niin olkoon Tšehovin kunniaksi ja Jorman mieliksi.
     —Yhdellä vai kahdella teellä?
     Me emme ymmärrä toisiamme. En haluaisi jättää mahaani hänen armoilleen.

     —A boy! The nurse looks back up from the paper, either offended or stupefied. This will go nowhere at this rate.
     —Anton.
     If it's a boy by some miracle, let him be in honor of Chekhov and to please Jorma.
     —One or two Ts?
     We don't understand each other. I wouldn't want to entrust my belly to this nurse.

Declension

Inflection of Anton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Anton	Antonit
genitive		Antonin	Antonien
partitive		Antonia	Antoneja
illative		Antoniin	Antoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Anton	Antonit
accusative	nom.	Anton	Antonit
	gen.	Antonin
genitive		Antonin	Antonien
partitive		Antonia	Antoneja
inessive		Antonissa	Antoneissa
elative		Antonista	Antoneista
illative		Antoniin	Antoneihin
adessive		Antonilla	Antoneilla
ablative		Antonilta	Antoneilta
allative		Antonille	Antoneille
essive		Antonina	Antoneina
translative		Antoniksi	Antoneiksi
abessive		Antonitta	Antoneitta
instructive		—	Antonein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Anton (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Antonini Antonini accusative nom. Antonini Antonini gen. Antonini genitive Antonini Antonieni partitive Antoniani Antonejani inessive Antonissani Antoneissani elative Antonistani Antoneistani illative Antoniini Antoneihini adessive Antonillani Antoneillani ablative Antoniltani Antoneiltani allative Antonilleni Antoneilleni essive Antoninani Antoneinani translative Antonikseni Antoneikseni abessive Antonittani Antoneittani instructive — — comitative — Antoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Antonisi Antonisi accusative nom. Antonisi Antonisi gen. Antonisi genitive Antonisi Antoniesi partitive Antoniasi Antonejasi inessive Antonissasi Antoneissasi elative Antonistasi Antoneistasi illative Antoniisi Antoneihisi adessive Antonillasi Antoneillasi ablative Antoniltasi Antoneiltasi allative Antonillesi Antoneillesi essive Antoninasi Antoneinasi translative Antoniksesi Antoneiksesi abessive Antonittasi Antoneittasi instructive — — comitative — Antoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Antonimme Antonimme accusative nom. Antonimme Antonimme gen. Antonimme genitive Antonimme Antoniemme partitive Antoniamme Antonejamme inessive Antonissamme Antoneissamme elative Antonistamme Antoneistamme illative Antoniimme Antoneihimme adessive Antonillamme Antoneillamme ablative Antoniltamme Antoneiltamme allative Antonillemme Antoneillemme essive Antoninamme Antoneinamme translative Antoniksemme Antoneiksemme abessive Antonittamme Antoneittamme instructive — — comitative — Antoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Antoninne Antoninne accusative nom. Antoninne Antoninne gen. Antoninne genitive Antoninne Antonienne partitive Antonianne Antonejanne inessive Antonissanne Antoneissanne elative Antonistanne Antoneistanne illative Antoniinne Antoneihinne adessive Antonillanne Antoneillanne ablative Antoniltanne Antoneiltanne allative Antonillenne Antoneillenne essive Antoninanne Antoneinanne translative Antoniksenne Antoneiksenne abessive Antonittanne Antoneittanne instructive — — comitative — Antoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Antoninsa Antoninsa accusative nom. Antoninsa Antoninsa gen. Antoninsa genitive Antoninsa Antoniensa partitive Antoniaan Antoniansa Antonejaan Antonejansa inessive Antonissaan Antonissansa Antoneissaan Antoneissansa elative Antonistaan Antonistansa Antoneistaan Antoneistansa illative Antoniinsa Antoneihinsa adessive Antonillaan Antonillansa Antoneillaan Antoneillansa ablative Antoniltaan Antoniltansa Antoneiltaan Antoneiltansa allative Antonilleen Antonillensa Antoneilleen Antoneillensa essive Antoninaan Antoninansa Antoneinaan Antoneinansa translative Antonikseen Antoniksensa Antoneikseen Antoneiksensa abessive Antonittaan Antonittansa Antoneittaan Antoneittansa instructive — — comitative — Antoneineen Antoneinensa

Related terms

• Anttoni, Antto, Toni

Proper noun

Anton

1. genitive singular of Antto

Statistics

• Anton is the 103^rd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 6,442 male individuals (and as a middle name to 7,591 more), and also belongs to 7 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• annot, naton

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantɔn/, /ˈantoːn/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton m (proper noun, strong, genitive Antons or (with an article) Anton, feminine Antonia)

1. a male given name

Symbol

Anton

1. The letter A in the German spelling alphabet.

Icelandic

Proper noun

Anton m

1. a male given name

Declension

declension of Anton

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Anton
accusative	Anton
dative	Antoni / Anton
genitive	Antons

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. a male given name

Related terms

• variants: Tony
• female forms: Antonie, Tonje

Romanian

Alternative forms

• Антон (Anton) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Clipping of Antonie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈton/

• Audio (male voice):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton m (genitive/dative lui Anton)

1. a surname
2. a male given name, variant of Antoniu

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Slovak

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈantɔn/

Proper noun

Anton m anim (genitive singular Antona, nominative plural Antonovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Anton

	singular	plural
nominative	Anton	Antonovia
genitive	Antona	Antonov
dative	Antonovi	Antonom
accusative	Antona	Antonov
locative	Antonovi	Antonoch
instrumental	Antonom	Antonmi

Derived terms

• Tóno, Tono, Toňo, Tonko
• Tonuľo, Tonuľko
• Antuš, Antuško

Further reading

• “Anton”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antóːn/

Proper noun

Antọ̑n m anim

1. a male given name

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Antón
genitive	Antóna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Antón
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Antóna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Antónu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Antóna
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Antónu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Antónom

Related terms

• variants: Tóne
• female forms: Antónija

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. First recorded in Sweden in 1623. Cognate with English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Anton c (genitive Antons)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (male given names) Tony
• (female names) Antonia
• (surnames) Antonsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 431 males with the given name Anton living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• notan