MEANING & HISTORY
What does Antenor mean?
The Dictionary of American Family Names explicitly identifies a personal-name history through French Anténor and Greek Antēnōr. It cautiously proposes anti, against, and anēr, man.
Antenor is also the name of a counsellor of Priam in Greek mythology. The proposed elements remain a historical analysis, not a statement that a bearer opposes men.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗THE RECORDED SPELLING
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Public-record evidence
OpenHalalan · COMELEC · 2001
Given-name field in the source
ANTENORCSV record 6,412 (header counted as record 1)
The source transcribes elected-candidate lists. The record number locates the quoted given-name field.
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Antenor in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Antenor
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Antero♂From Latin Anterus: flowery or blooming
- Andeng♀Andrea through Andi with the familiar ending ng
- Angelo♂Angel; messenger
- Aniano♂Spanish form corresponding to Latin Annianus
- Anton♂Form of the Roman family name Antonius
- Antonia♀Feminine of the Roman family name Antonius
- Antonie♂♀Czech Antonia form or Dutch Antonius form
- Antonio♂Spanish and Italian form of Antonius
What rhymes with Antenor?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Dictionary of American Family Names — Antenor (opens in a new tab)
Explicit Greek/French personal-name chain; tentative component analysis.