Anton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German and other northern European Anton.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.
   • 2011 Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978 0340980651, page 78:

     'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• pet forms: Tonny, Tony, Tonni
• female forms: Antonie, Antoinette

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Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Tõnis, Tõnn, Tõnu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɑnton]
• Hyphenation: An‧ton

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Anton (type paperi) singular plural nominative Anton Antonit genitive Antonin Antonien Antoneiden Antoneitten partitive Antonia Antoneita Antoneja accusative Anton Antonin Antonit inessive Antonissa Antoneissa elative Antonista Antoneista illative Antoniin Antoneihin adessive Antonilla Antoneilla ablative Antonilta Antoneilta allative Antonille Antoneille essive Antonina Antoneina translative Antoniksi Antoneiksi instructive – Antonein abessive Antonitta Antoneitta comitative – Antoneineen

Related terms

• Anttoni, Antto, Toni

Proper noun

Anton

1. Genitive singular form of Antto.

Anagrams

• annot, naton

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German

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• female forms: Antonia

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• variants: Tony
• female forms: Antonie, Tonje

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Slovene

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. Cognate to English Anthony.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /anˈtóːn/
• Tonal: antọ̑n

Proper noun

Antón m anim.

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Anton (masculine animate, hard)

	singular
nominative	Anton
accusative	Antona
genitive	Antona
dative	Antonu
locative	Antonu
instrumental	Antonom

Related terms

• variants: Tóne
• female forms: Antónija

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Antonius. First recorded in Sweden in 1623. Cognate with English Anthony.

Proper noun

Anton

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Tony
• (female names) Antonia
• (surnames) Antonsson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 33 431 males with the given name Anton living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.