Origin
- Input
- Antônio
- Expected output
- latim (nome de família romana)
Checked in Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name.
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meaning of the name Antônio
Origin of Antônio: Latin (a Roman family name). The meaning is disputed among the sources and is left blank here. The tool below shows what each source states, plus popularity and nicknames.
Checked in Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name.
Blank on purpose: the sources diverge.
2 entries in 2 sources.
Peak in the 1960s.
4 documented nicknames.
Nobody knows for sure, which is why we leave the meaning blank. The Hebrew form is Miryam, the name of the sister of Moses. Behind the Name lists theories such as "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness" and "wished-for child", or an Egyptian root tied to "beloved"; the Dicionário de Nomes Próprios gives "sovereign lady". These readings exclude one another.
There is no settled meaning: Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name diverge or give no sense, so we leave it blank. The page explains what each one says.
Origin: Latin (a Roman family name).
The documented nicknames are Tó, Toninho, Tonho and Toni. The first, Tó, is the most used according to the Nickname Finder's curated dictionary.
What is reliable is the origin; the meaning is disputed, so it appears blank. We show what each source states, checked on 2026-11-02.
The 2010 IBGE Census counted 2,576,348, 1 in every 74 Brazilians; the largest group was born in the 1960s (531,596) and the name was already falling in the last decade measured. The peak was 531,596 people in the 1960s.
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Sources opened and checked on 2026-11-02. The text is ours, reworded from them. We use no numerology and no personality traits.