<Tr> <Th> Variant form (s) </Th> <Td> Antony, Antonio, Anton, Antoine, Antun, Ante, Anto </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Pet form (s) </Th> <Td> Ant, Antonino, Nino, Toni, Tony, Tone, Toño </Td> </Tr> <P> Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the Antonii, a gens (Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) belonged . There was an ancient tradition that the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles . (Plut . Ant. 4) </P> <P> "Anthony" is equivalent to Antonio in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek; António or Antônio in Portuguese; Anton in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; Antoine in French; Antal in Hungarian; and Antun or Ante in Croatian . The usual abbreviated form is Tony (sometimes "Tone" or "Ant" or "Anth"). Its use as a Christian name was due to the veneration of St Anthony the Great, the founder of Christian monasticism, particularly in Egypt . Also significant was the later cult of St Antony of Padua . The spelling with "h" is not found until the 16th century when William Camden incorrectly claimed that the name derived from the Greek ἄνθος (anthos, flower or possibly a small yellow bird such as a wagtail). The spelling pronunciation later became usual in the United States but not in the British Isles . </P>

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