Antonio

Where Antonio comes from

Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony.
— Wiktionary's entry for Antonio
  • Italian
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1678
    Antonio Vivaldi born
    Italian composer and violinist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #334 among boys — 26 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Antonio Gramsci born
    Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician
  4. 1976
    Peak, #71
    3,774 babies named Antonio — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Antonio Vivaldi · Italian composer and violinist, 1678–1741
  • Antonio Gramsci · Italian Marxist philosopher, writer, and politician, 1891–1937
  • Antonio Salieri · Italian composer and teacher, 1750–1825
  • Antonio Machado · Spanish poet and essayist, 1875–1939
  • Antonio Rüdiger · German association football player, born 1993

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.