# Antonius (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/antonius/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 622 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 622 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 9,751 |
| 2011 | 12 | 6,603 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,194 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,568 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,090 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,348 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,750 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9,763 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,368 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,254 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,649 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,216 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,482 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,829 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,809 |

## People named Antonius

- Antonius Colenbrander, Dutch equestrian
- Antonius van den Broek, Dutch physicist and lawyer (1870-1926)
- S. Antonius Budi Ariantho, badminton player
- Antonius Cleveland, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Hubertus Antonius van der Aa, Dutch mycologist (1935-2017)
- Antonius Lambertus Maria Hurkmans, Dutch theologian and priest
- Antonius Divitis, Flemish composer
- Antonius Brugmans, (1732-1789)
- Antonius von Thoma, Catholic bishop (1829–1897)
- Dries van Agt, Dutch politician
- Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and art forger (1889-1947)
- Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist, born 2 October 1944

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.