Antony
From Latin, carrying the sense "highly praiseworthy". It stays rare in Poland: only around 370 men use it, and the trickle of newborns is thinning year by year.
Antony Pronunciation
Antony is pronounced ahn-TO-nih (/anˈtɔnɨ/).
What Antony means
Where Antony comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Antony begins in Rome, in the family name Antonius that senators and generals carried long before any saint claimed it. Its oldest root is uncertain, probably Etruscan, so even the Romans could not say what it first meant.
The sense of "highly praiseworthy" came later, once readers tied the name to Greek words for praise and blossom. Polish keeps that reading in wspaniały, wybitny. The spelling Antony itself is the English form, the one Shakespeare gave to Mark Antony in his play Antony and Cleopatra.
Poland took the Latin closer to the source. Antoni stands as the full variant, Antek as the everyday diminutive, and Antonina as the name a daughter carries. The imieniny of Antoni falls on 13 June, the feast of Anthony of Padua. Open a class register and an Antek sits near the top.
How many people are named Antony
1 in 58164 men in Poland is named Antony. 367 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1560 among male names.
Antony's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1452 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2006.
Where Antony is most popular
Antony is most popular in Silesian, 322% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+217%) and Lower Silesian (+206%).
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Silesian4 boys born+322%
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Lesser Poland3 boys born+217%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+206%
Antony as a middle name
Antony is a first name for 367 men in Poland and a middle name for another 161, a 70/30 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 548th, between Telesfor (163) and Paolo (161).
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#546 Israel164
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#547 Telesfor163
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#548 Antony161
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#549 Paolo161
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#550 Robin161