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Anton

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.

  1. A male given name from Latin.

    'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.

  2. A surname.
  3. A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Belarusian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Анто́н (Antón).
  4. A place in the United States:
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A place in the United States:
  7. A river in Hampshire, England, a tributary of the River Test.
  8. A village and municipality in Sofia province, Bulgaria.