Antenor

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

How Antenor is read●(measured from records)

Antenor is one spelling over 2 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.

• Portuguese55%

  Antenor (a son of Aesyetes)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Spanish41%

  Griego Anténor: 'el que combate contra los hombres'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

Antenor is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, Brazil

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Anténor

• French given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Peru, Philippines, United States

  Also written Anténor

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Anténor

46 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)

Antenor 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.

• In English, adviser to Priam

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, Greek name; etymology uncertain

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• Significado: Apóstol

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Latin, A noble Trojan and mythical founder of Patavium

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

• Antenor of Miletusb. 400TRancient olympics pankration victor, 4th century BC
• Antenorb. 600GR6th century BC Athenian sculptor
• Antenor of Provenceb. 601Frankish nobleman
• Antenor Álvarezb. 1864ARArgentinian physician and politician (1864–1948)
• Antenor Nascentesb. 1886BRBrazilian linguist
• Antenor Orregob. 1892PEPeruvian writer and philosopher
• Antenor Patiñob. 1896BOBolivian businessman (1896–1982)
• Antenor Leitão de Carvalhob. 1910BRBrazilian zoologist (1910–1985)
• Antenor Ferreira de Carvalho Filhob. 1933BRassociation football player
• Rogelio Canchesb. 1953PEnot in their usual namePeruvian politician

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Antenor mean, and where does it come from?

Antenor (a son of Aesyetes) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Antenor?

A machine transcription gives /ɐntɛnoɾ/ (IPA) for Portuguese.

Is Antenor a male or female name?

Antenor 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.

In which country does Antenor have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named Antenor, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antenor.

How common is the name Antenor?

In Brazil, the national register counted 16,387 people named Antenor in 2022, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

How common is Antenor compared with other names?

In Nicaragua, Antenor is the 504th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.