Antonia (name)
Antonia is a female first name, which is used in a variety of European languages.
Origin and Meaning of the Name
Antonia is the feminine form of Anthony or Anton and originally referred to the origin of the Roman gene Antonia ( clan of Antonier ).
Antonia belonged from 1998 to 2001 among the 20 most popular names for newborn girls in Germany.
Name-day
Name day for Antonia is May 6 This date is derived from Antonia of Cirta ago, the 256 AD to have died in the persecution of Valerian with several fellow sufferers as a martyr on May 6.
As an alternative name day June 13 is sometimes referred to with reference to the Saint Anthony of Padua.
Name winners
- Antonia the Elder ( * 39 BC ), daughter of Mark Antony, grandmother of Nero
- Antonia the Younger ( 36 BC - 37 AD ), daughter of Mark Antony, mother of Claudius
- Antonia Tryphaena ( 15 BC - 49 AD), Queen of Pontus
- Claudia Antonia (~ 30-65 ), daughter of Claudius
- Antonia Caenis († 73/74 ), private secretary of the younger Antonia and concubine of the Roman emperor Vespasian
- Antonia Visconti (after 1350-1405 ), Countess of Württemberg
- Antonia of Württemberg (1613-1679)
- Antonia Bembo ( circa 1640 - circa 1720 ), Italian composer and singer
- Maria Antonia of Austria (1669-1692), only surviving daughter of Emperor Leopold I.
- Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724-1780), wife of the Elector of Saxony.
- Maria Antonia of Spain (1729-1785), Infanta of Spain and Queen of Sardinia - Piedmont
- Josepha Maria Anna Antonia Nepomucena of Salm- Reifferscheidt - Bedburg (1731-1796), Austrian Abbess
- Maria Antonia of Branconi born from Elsener (1746-1793), mistress of the Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick
- Marie Antoinette, Archduchess of Austria Maria Antonia actually, (1755-1793), Queen of France
- Maria Antonia of Hohenzollern- Hechingen Anna (1760-1797), Princess of Fürstenberg - Stühlingen
- Antonie Brentano, born as Johanna Josepha Antonia Noble Birkenstock, called Toni (1780-1869), probably the legendary " Immortal Beloved " by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1784-1806), Princess of Bourbon- Sicily, Princess of Asturias and the Infanta of Spain
- Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1814-1898), Princess of Bourbon- Sicily and Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Maria Antonia of Portugal (1845-1913), Infanta of Portugal
- Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies (1851-1938), Princess of the Two Sicilies
- Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862-1959), Infanta of Portugal
- Antonia Maury (1866-1952), American astronomer
- Antonia of Luxembourg (1899-1954), last Bavarian Crown Princess
- Antonia Dietrich (1900-1975), German theater actress
- Toni Gaßner changer, born as Antonia changer (1900-1956), German dialect poet
- Antonia Palacios (1904-2001), Venezuelan writer
- Antonia Pozzi (1912-1938), Italian poet
- Antonia Bruha, nee Spath (1915-2006), Austrian resistance fighter and author
- Antonia Hilke (1922-2009), German fashion journalist
- Antonia Fahberg (* 1928), Austrian- German opera, operetta, Lieder and oratorio singer
- Tonke Dragt, actually Antonia Johanna Dragt, ( born 1930 ), Dutch (children 's books ) writer
- Lady Antonia Fraser CBE ( born 1932 ), British historian and best-selling author
- Antonia S. Byatt ( b. 1936 ), British writer
- Antonia Arslan ( born 1938 ), Armenian archaeologist
- Antonia Grunenberg (* 1944), German professor of political science
- Tony Fennelly, actually Antonia M. Fennelly Catoire ( born 1945 ), American writer
- Antonia Rados (* 1953), Austrian television journalist
- Antonia Reininghausstraße (1954-2006), Austrian actress
- Antonia Limacher ( born 1955 ), Swiss comedian
- Antonia Gössinger (* 1958), Austrian journalist
- Antonia Langsdorf (born 1962 ), chief astrologer of the TV station RTL
- Antonia Becherer (* 1963), German ice skater
- Antonija Balek ( born 1968 ), Croatian disabled athlete in track and field
- Antonia Kidman (born 1970 ), Australian journalist, television presenter and producer
- Toni Collette, actually Antonia Collette (born 1972 ), Australian actress and singer
- Bahamadia ( Antonia Reed * 1972 ), American rapper
- Tooske Ragas ( b. 1974 as Antonia Grietje Breugem ), Dutch presenter, pop singer and model
- Antonia of Romatowski (* 1976), German Stimmenimitatorin, actress and comedienne
- Antonia Michaelis ( * 1979 ), German children 's and teen book author
- Antonija Šola ( born 1979 ), Croatian actress and pop singer
- Antonia ( from Tyrol ) (* 1980), Austrian pop singer
- Narrow Antonia ( born 1980 ), German football player
- Antonia Prebble ( born 1984 ), New Zealand actress
- Antonia Schmitz ( born 1984 ), Miss Germany 2005
- Antonia - Alexa Georgiev (* 1985), German violinist
- Antonia Pütz (* 1987), German handball player
- Mia Rose actually Maria Antonia Sampaio Rosa ( * 1988), Portuguese singer
- Toni Garrn, actually Antonia Garrn (* 1992), German Model
- Antonia Münchow (* 1994), German actress
Variants
Antonija, Antoinette, Antonietta, Antonella, Antonette, Antonie, Antonina, Toni, Tonja, Tony, Tonya, Tonia, Toñita, Toini, Tona.