Antonio

Antonio is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish 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: Antoñito, Antonino, Antonello, Tonio, Toño, Tonino, 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.

Famous male bearers

• Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer
• Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer
• Antonio Banderas, Spaniard actor
• Antonio R. Barceló, Puerto Rican politician
• Antonio di Benedetto, Argentine writer
• Antonio Broccoli Porto, Puerto Rican artist
• Antonio Caban Vale, Puerto Rican singer
• Antonio Caldara, Italian composer
• Antonio Canaletto, Italian painter
• Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor
• Antonio Benedetto Carpano, Italian distiller, famous for having invented the Vermouth and consequently the apéritif
• Antonio Marziale Carracci, Italian painter
• Antonio Cavallucci, Italian painter
• Antonio Cervantes, Colombian boxer
• Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter
• Antonio Correa Cotto, Puerto Rican criminal
• Antonio de la Rúa, former first son of Argentina
• Antonio Esparragoza, Venezuelan boxer
• Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior, Brazilian soccer player
• Antonio Gamoneda, Spanish poet
• Antonio Ghislieri, better known as Pope Pius V
• Antonio Gramsci, Italian writer, politician and political theorist
• Antonio Guzmán Blanco, former Venezuelan president
• Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian creator of the bossa nova
• Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler
• Antonio Latimer, Puerto Rican basketball player
• Antonio Lewis, American football player
• Antonio Machado, Spanish poet
• Antonio Margarito, Mexican boxer
• Antonio McDyess, United States basketball player
• Antonio Meucci, Italian-American inventor
• Antonio Negri, Italian philosopher
• Antonio Nocerino, Italian footballer
• Antonio Pantojas, Puerto Rican actor
• Antonio Paoli, Puerto Rican opera singer
• Antonio Pappano, Italian conductor
• Antonio S. Pedreira, Puerto Rican poet
• Antonio Pigafetta, Italian explorer
• Antonio Pignatelli, better known as Pope Innocent XII
• Antonio Prieto, Spanish long-distance runner
• Antonio Puerta, Spanish international footballer
• Antonio de los Reyes Correa, Puerto Rican military hero
• Antonio Rivera, Puerto Rican boxer
• Antonio Rodríguez Balinas, Puerto Rican U.S. Army General
• Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, Italian philosopher
• Antonio Roybal, Spanish American painter
• Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-American model and actor
• Antonio Sánchez, Mexican musician
• Antonio Sanchez, Puerto Rican show host
• Antonio Salieri, Austrian Court Composer, famous "mediocre" rival of Mozart
• Antonio Santiago, Spaniard equestrian champion
• Antonio Segni, Italian politician
• Antonio Semini, Italian painter
• Antonio Silio, Argentine long-distance runner
• Antonio Stradivari, Italian luthier
• Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer
• Antonio Tarver, United States boxer
• Antonio Travi, Italian painter
• Antonio Valero de Bernabe, Puerto Rican, helped Simon Bolivar liberate South America
• Antonio Maria Vassallo, Italian painter
• Antonio Vivaldi, Venetian composer
• Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, Italian painter
• Carlo Antonio Tavella, Italian painter
• Eugene Antonio Marino the first African American archbishop in the United States
• Giacomo Antonio Arland, Italian painter
• Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, better known as Pope Innocent IX
• Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexican boxer
• Marco Antonio Etcheverry, Paraguayan soccer player
• Marco Antonio Muniz, Mexican singer
• Marco Antonio Muniz, Puerto Rican singer, better known as Mark Anthony
• Marco Antonio Regil, Mexican show host
• Marco Antonio Solis, Mexican singer
• Nicola Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer
• Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer
• Tony Alvarez, Cuban singer
• Tony Ayala, Mexican American boxer
• Tony Baltazar, Mexican American boxer
• Tony Croatto, Italian-born Puerto Rican singer
• Tony Parker, French basketball player
• Tony Plana, Cuban actor
• Tony Romo, American football quarterback
• Tony Sanchez, Texas businessman
• Tony Tursi, fmr Mafia godfather in Puerto Rico
• Tony Vega, Puerto Rican singer
• The Great Antonio, Canadian giant and actor

Other, fictional male bearers include:

• Antonio, a character on the television show Monster Warriors.
• Antonio, a character in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
• Antonio, the title character in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
• Antonio, a character in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
• Antonio, a character in Shakespeare's The Tempest.