Anton

Where Anton comes from

Borrowed from German Anton and from other northern European languages. Doublet of Anthony.
— Wiktionary's entry for Anton
  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1824
    Anton Bruckner born
    Austrian composer
  2. 1860
    Anton Chekhov born
    Russian dramatist and author
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #171 among boys with 77 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Anton Chekhov · Russian dramatist and author, 1860–1904
  • Anton Bruckner · Austrian composer, 1824–1896
  • Anton Zeilinger · Austrian quantum physicist, born 1945
  • Anton Denikin · Russian military and political leader, 1872–1947
  • Anton Webern · Austrian composer and conductor, 1883–1945

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.