Antonio

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Antonio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name. In Spanish, recorded as a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Anthony.

rarermore common
  • ESSpain1 in 85(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 94
  • ITItaly≈1 in 102

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

2,241,094 people, 2022

#33 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
543 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 85 (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AntonioLatin(measured from records)
ΑντωνιοςGreek(measured from records)
ԱնտոնիոArmenian(measured from records)
안토니오Hangul(measured from records)
АнтониоCyrillic(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Italian and Spanish form of pAnthony, from Latin Antonius. It is now also used in parts of the English-speaking world.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Antonio is read(measured from records)

Antonio is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish56%

    a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Anthony

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Portuguese24%

    Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Antônio /António.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English9.1%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Antonio in English.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Antonio counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Antonio is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#42,241,0941 in 942.6MAntonio272
IT Italy#4≈610,000 est.≈1 in 1022.2KAntonio279
ES Spain#4590,9381 in 85628KAntonio310
PH Philippines#50≈340,000 est.≈1 in 320—Antonio156
US United States#135289,1781 in 1.1K288KAntonio543
AR Argentina#12≈180,000 est.≈1 in 2534KAntonio163
PT Portugal#6≈97,000 est.≈1 in 107listedAntonio227

2,241,094 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Antonio is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Catalan given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Andorra, Argentina, Spain

    Also written António, Antônio, Antònio

  • a separate name12 spellings in the group

    Also written Antônio, Ântonio, Antònio, Antõnio, Antonió

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

    Also written António, Antônio, Antònio, Antoñio, Àntonio

  • Croatian given name55 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Spain, Russia

    Languages: Croatian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Антонио, Antonino, António, Antônio, Антонйо

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Philippines, South Africa

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written António

  • Vietnamese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Vietnam, Italy

    Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

    Also written Antônio, António

106 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Antonio is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Italian and Spanish form of pAnthony, from Latin Antonius. It is now also used in parts of the English-speaking world.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In Italian, Nome di antica gens romana; etimologia incerta. Diffusissimo per i santi Antonio di Padova e Antonio abate.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, dal lat. Antonius, etim. incerta

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • from Antonio/Anthony

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Pius V, b. 1504Innocent IX, b. 1519Innocent XII, b. 1615Antonio Vivaldi, b. 1678Clemens XIV, b. 1705Antonio Segni, b. 1891Sandro Pertini, b. 1896Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno, b. 1934Martin Sheen, b. 1940Antonio Cassano, b. 1982
  • Pius Vb. 1504ITnot in their usual name16th‑century Italian pope and Catholic saint, leading Counter‑Reformation reformer
  • Innocent IXb. 1519ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church in 1591 (1519–1591)
  • Innocent XIIb. 1615ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700
  • Antonio Vivaldib. 1678ITItalian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
  • Clemens XIVb. 1705ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774
  • Antonio Segnib. 1891IT4th President of Italy (1891-1972)
  • Sandro Pertinib. 1896ITnot in their usual nameItalian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985
  • Manuel Antonio Noriega Morenob. 1934PAPanamanian head of state (1934-2017)
  • Martin Sheenb. 1940USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1940)
  • Antonio Cassanob. 1982ITItalian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 146 sources across 73 countries.

Official registers attesting Antonio
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—2.6M#25
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes no Brasil API (Census 2010 + 2022)—2.6M#3
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20222.2M—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.2M#5
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—628K#1
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—591K#2
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020288K#180
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)202034K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—10K#5
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20242.2K#15
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20252.1K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.1K#180

Reference works 10

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Antonio come from?
Italian and Spanish form of pAnthony, from Latin Antonius. It is now also used in parts of the English-speaking world. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Antonio?
In the etymology graph, Anthony, Tony and Antoine are forms of the same name in other languages; Toño, Antonello and Tonio are recorded short or pet forms.
Is Antonio a male or female name?
Antonio is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How common is the name Antonio?
In Brazil, the national register counted 2,241,094 people named Antonio in 2022, about 1 in 94 residents.
How common is Antonio compared with other names?
In Brazil, Antonio is the 4th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What does the name Antonio mean?
In Spanish, a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Anthony
In which country does Antonio have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.2 million people named Antonio, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antonio.
Where is Antonio most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Antonio is densest in Spain — about 1 in 85 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Antonio” — the 4th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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