Antonia

Where Antonia comes from

From Spanish Antonia. The feminine equivalent of Anthony.
— Wiktionary's entry for Antonia
  • Spanish
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #388 among girls — 18 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #336
    28 babies named Antonia — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    Antonia Thomas born
    British actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Antonia Thomas · British actress, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.