Anton

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Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

German and Russian short form of Antonius ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Related Names

See Antonius

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Antoninpoika
Antonsen
Antonson
Antonssen
Antonsson
Antonssøn
Antonsøn

Female

Antondatter
Antonintytär
Antonsdatter
Antonsdotter
Antonsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Anton
Genitive:	Antons

- Faroese
Nominative:	Anton
Accusative:	Anton
Dative:	Antoni
Genitive:	Antons

- Finnish
Nominative:	Anton
Genitive:	Antonin
Partitive:	Antonia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Anton
Accusative:	Anton
Dative:	Antoni
Genitive:	Antons

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Anton
Genitive:	Antons

- Swedish
Nominative:	Anton
Genitive:	Antons

Name Days

Faroe Islands

17 January

Finland Finland

17 January

Norway Norway

17 January

Finland (Swedish Language)

17 January

Sweden Sweden

17 January

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[11]
Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[12]

Earliest Documented Usage

Denmark:
- 14th century ^[10]
- 17th century ^[5]
Norway:
- ca 1550 ^[3]
- 18th century ^[8] ^[10]
Sweden:
- 1623 ^[2] ^[6]
- 17th century ^[10]
Iceland:
- 1845 (Reykjavík) ^[10]

Strongest Period of Usage

Denmark:
- -1910 ^[5]
- 1990- ^[5]
Sweden:
- 1980-1995 ^[6]
- 2000- ^[6]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway:
- Sogn og Fjordane ^[3]
Sweden:
- Västerbotten (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Bohuslän (19th century) see map ^[13]

Trivia

Anton is also used as an Icelandic horse name

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[14]	28263	38485	7	26	28256	38459
Finland^[15]	n.a.	19585	n.a.	20	n.a.	19565
Denmark^[16]	8726	n.a.	1	n.a.	8725	n.a.
Iceland^[17]	526	675	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[18]	34	115	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[19]	2395	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2395	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Anton (m) Sources: ^[14]^[16]^[19]^[15]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Anton (m) Sources: ^[20]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Anton (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Anton (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Anton (m)

References

↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)
↑ Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[dah-1] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[ott-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[nper-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[pal-4] Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)

[mel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[bry-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[vil-7] Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)

[lau-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Inger Lautin (Red.): Hva skal barnet hete? (1993)

[hel-9] Elof Hellquist: Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1922)

[kva-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)

[island.is-11] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[fmn.fo-12] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[nn1-13] 13.0 ^13.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[scb.se-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[vrf.fi-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[dst.dk-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[hag.is-17] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-18] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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