Antonia (name)
Antonia, Antónia, Antônia, or Antonía is a feminine given name and a surname. It is of Roman origin, used as the name of women of the Antonius family. Its meaning is "priceless", "praiseworthy" and "beautiful". Antonia is a Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese name used in many parts of the world.
Antónia is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Polish feminine form of Anton, Antal and António used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Switzerland, Brazil, and Argentina, as well as parts of Romania. Antônia is a Portuguese feminine form of Antônio used in Malta, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina. Antonía is an Icelandic feminine form of Antonie used in Iceland. Antonia is the feminine form of Antonios and Antonis used mainly in Greece and Cyprus.
Variants
- Anthonia – Danish, Finnish, Swedish
- Antoaneta – Bulgarian
- Antoinette – French
- Antonela – Albanian
- Antonella – Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- Antoneta – Albanian
- Antonette – English
- Antonia – Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Georgian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
- Ántonia – Bohemian
- Antonía – Icelandic
- Antònia – Catalan
- Antónia – Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
- Antônia – Brazilian Portuguese
- Antonie – Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Antonieta – Portuguese
- Antonietta – Italian, Spanish
- Antonija – Croatian, Latvian, Serbian, Slovene
- Antonina – Italian, Polish
- Antonine – Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Antía – Galician
- Nedda – Italian
- Nela – Croatian, Czech, Slovak
- Nettie – Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Teuna – Dutch
- Toini – Finnish
- Toni – English
- Toñi – Spanish
- Tonia – English, Polish
- Tonka – Croatian, Slovene
- Tony – English
- Tonya – English, Russian, Ukrainian
- Tončica – Croatian (Dalmatian)
- Tosia – Polish
- Αντωνία – Greek
Roman women
The name of any women of the Antonius family in Ancient Rome:- Antonia (aunt of Mark Antony), the daughter of Marcus Antonius (orator)
- Antonia Hybrida Major, the first daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida she married the tribune Lucius Caninius Gallus
- Antonia Hybrida Minor, the second daughter of politician Gaius Antonius Hybrida, she married her cousin Mark Antony
- Antonia (wife of Vatinius), sister of Mark Antony, she married Publius Vatinius
- Daughters of Mark Antony
- * Antonia (wife of Pythodoros), married wealthy Greek Pythodoros of Tralles
- * Antonia Major, grandmother of Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero
- * Antonia Minor, mother of Roman Emperor Claudius and grandmother of Roman Emperor Caligula
- Iulla Antonia, maternal granddaughter of Octavia Minor and paternal granddaughter of Mark Anthony
- Antonia Tryphaena, granddaughter Pythodoros of Tralles, princess of Pontus
- Antonia Furnilla, mother of Marcia (mother of Trajan) and Marcia Furnilla
- Claudia Antonia, Roman princess, granddaughter of Antonia Minor and a daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
- Antonia Clementiana, daughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
- Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix
- Antonia Gordiana, daughter, sister and mother of Emperors Gordian I to III respectively
- Antonia and Alexander, Roman Catholic saints
Other people
- Antonia Brenner, Mexican nun
- Nina Antonia, British journalist and writer
- Antònia Abelló, Spanish political activist, journalist, feminist
- Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Swedish businesswoman
- Antonia of Baux, queen consort of Sicily
- Antonia Byatt, British novelist and poet
- Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Northern Irish actress
- Jane Antonia Cornish, British Contemporary classical music composer
- Antonia of Douro, descendant of emperor [Wilhelm II, German language|German Emperor|Wilhelm II of Germany]
- Toni Garrn, German model
- Antonia Göransson, Swedish footballer
- Antonia Iacobescu, also known as Antonia, Romanian singer
- Antônia Keyla, Brazilian para-athlete
- Antonia Kidman, Australian journalist and sister of Nicole Kidman
- Antonia Kinlay, British actress
- Antonia Laucher, German soprano
- Antonia Lofaso, American celebrity chef and restaurateur
- Princess Antonia of Luxembourg
- Antônia Melo, Brazilian human rights activist and environmentalist
- Antonia Mielke, German operatic soprano
- Antonia Moraiti, Greek water polo player
- Antonia Nava de Catalán, heroine of the Mexican War of Independence
- Antonia Niedermaier, German cyclist and ski mountaineer
- Antonia Nocca, also known as Antonia, Italian singer
- Antonia Novello, first female and Hispanic Surgeon General of the United States
- Antonia Papandreou, American engineer
- Anntonia Porsild, Thai actress and model
- Antónia of Portugal, Portuguese princess
- Antonia Pozzi, Italian poet
- Antonia Prebble, New Zealand actress
- Antonia Rados, Austrian television journalist
- Antonia Ramírez, Salvadoran singer and language activist
- Antonia Reed, birth name of Bahamadia, American hip-hop artist
- Antônia Ronnycleide da Costa Silva, also known as Antônia, Brazilian footballer
- Antonia Ružić, Croatian tennis player
- Antonia Stergiou, Greek high jumper
- Antonia Thomas, British actress
- Antonia Wright, American reality television personality
- Archduchess Maria Antonietta of Austria (1858–1883)
- Helena Antonia, bearded female court dwarf
- Susan Williams Antonia Stockard, birthname of Stockard Channing, American actress
Fictional people
- Antonia (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
- Antonia Ridderfjell, fictional character in the Bert Diaries comic book adaptions, cousin of Emilia Ridderfjell
- Antonia, heroine in the Gothic novel The Monk.
- Ántonia, a character within the novel My Ántonia.
- Antonia Quixana, the niece and house-keeper of Don Quixote.
Surname
- Jarchinio Antonia, Curaçaoan footballer