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

Basque

Alternative forms

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

References

  • Anton” in Euskal Onomastikaren Datutegia [Basque Onomastic Database], euskaltzaindia.eus

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Anton m

  1. a male given name

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

  1. a male given name

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

Proper noun

Anton

  1. genitive singular of Antto

Statistics

  • Anton is the 103rd 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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antōnius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈantɔn/, /ˈantoːn/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • 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

Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

  1. a male given name

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of Antonie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈton/
  • (file)
  • 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], 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

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Anton c (genitive Antons)

  1. a male given name
  • (male given names) Tony
  • (female names) Antonia
  • (surnames) Antonsson

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • 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

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