Antonio

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Antonio is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese first name. It is the Italian and Spanish version of Anthony, and has some female derivates: Antonia, Antonietta (Italian), Antonieta (Spanish), Antonella (Italian). It has also some male derivates such as: Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Toño, Totò, or Tony. The Portuguese equivalent is António or Antônio.

Antonio comes from the Antonius Roman family name group. The name's origin is said to be ancient Greece, coming either from the word Anthos (a flower) or from Anthonio, Greek king of Achaia.

The name is widely used in Italy and in Spain. After the Spaniards discovered the new world, many of them settled in the area, and, as a consequence, Antonio is one of the most popular Spanish first names in Latin America, as well as among Hispanics, and, to a small degree, North Americans in the United States.

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