THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Antonio
Antonio is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Luis Antonio Tagle, Antonio Trillanes IV. This snapshot links the name to 85 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Italian Antonio and Spanish Antonio. Doublet of Anthony.
A male given name from Italian.
Wiktionary: Antonio (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Antōnius. Doublet of Antón.
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Anthony
Wiktionary: Antonio (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Antonio
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Antonio Trillanes IV
Filipino politician (b. 1971)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
167
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 ↗Wikidata
85
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Luis Antonio Tagle, Antonio Trillanes IV
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Antonio in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Antonio
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
- Antonia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Antonie♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Antonino♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Anatolio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antolin♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Antolín♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Anton♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Antonieto♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Antonio?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Antonio
18 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Antonio Dante·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio Eduardo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio Felix·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio Luis·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio Martin·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Antonio Paulino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Herman Antonio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Jeffrey Antonio·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Antonio further
Follow the sources
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q7141520 — Antonio (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Luis Antonio Tagle (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q7141520 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Antonio Trillanes IV (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q7141520 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Antonio (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Antonio (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.