Antoni History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Antoni is one of the surnames to have emerged from the beautiful and historical Italian region of Tuscany. During the Middle Ages, as populations grew and travel between regions became more frequent, the people of Tuscany found it necessary to adopt a second name to identify themselves and their families. This process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries, but it was not completed until the modern era. The patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, was one of the most common names created at that time in the region of Tuscany. The surname Antoni came from the given name Antonius, which in English is known in the forms Anthony and Antony. The given name Antonius means inestimable or strength. The Antoni family surname has its roots in the ancient Roman period and possibly earlier, in the Etruscan period. The most famous member of this family is Marc Antony (Marcus Antonius), the famous Roman general, politician and orator born in 83 B.C. Antony was of a distinguished family related to Julius Caesar. After Caesar's assassination Antony aroused the masses against the conspirators who murdered his relative and patron. Perhaps the most memorable aspect of his life was his love affair with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. The tragic end of this couple has been the subject of much literature, including one of Shakespeare's plays.

Early History of the Antoni family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Antoni research. The years 1355, 1372, 1374, 1430, 1540, 1617, 1643, 1668, 1684, 1697, 1700, 1725, 1726 and 1732 are included under the topic Early Antoni History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Antoni Spelling Variations

Italian surnames have a surprising number of forms in comparison with other European surnames because they reflect the regional variations and the many dialects of the Italian language, each of which has its distinctive features. For example, in Northern Italy the most standard Italian surname suffix is "I", whereas in Southern Italy the most typical surname suffix is "O". Sardinian is very different from other forms of Italian and in fact, it is considered to be its own distinct language. Additionally, spelling changes frequently occurred because medieval scribes, church officials, and the bearers of names, spelled names as they sounded rather than according to any specific spelling rules. As a consequence of the major changes in the Italian language and in the local spellings of Italian surnames that occurred over the course of history, there are numerous variations for the surname Antoni. These spelling variations include Antony, Anthony, Antni, Antnia, Antnio, Antoni, Antonia, Antonio, De Antoni, Di Antonio, Antonèllo, D'Antonio, Antonello, Antonelli, Antonetti, Antonetto, Antonietti, Antonazzi, Antonazzo, Antoniutti, Antonioli, Antuoni, Antonino, Antonicelli, Antonucci, Antognini, Antognetti, Antognoli, Toni, Tony, Tonelli, Tonicello, Tonello, Tonino, Tonini, Tonizzo, Tonolli and many more.

Early Notables of the Antoni family

Prominent among members of the family was

Antonia of Baux (c. 1355-1374), the second Queen consort of Frederick III, King of Sicily (1372-1374.) Antonio de Messina, was a painter in Messina, born in 1430. He specialized in still life, his mos...
Antonio di Ferraris was a painter from Lombardy during the 15th century whose works are featured in a castle in Pavia. Nicolás Antonio (1617-1684), was a Spanish bibliographer from Seville and Francis...

Antoni Ranking

In France, the name Antoni is the 3,864^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1

Antoni migration to the United States +

Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Antoni were

Antoni Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Paulius Antoni, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 2
Jacob Antoni, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 2

Antoni Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Louis Antoni, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
Aug. Antoni, aged 17, who immigrated to the United States, in 1892
C. Antoni, aged 35, who settled in America, in 1892
Battista Antoni, aged 10, who settled in America from Pietranuloa, Italy, in 1893
Anna Antoni, aged 19, who landed in America, in 1895
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Antoni Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Clotilde Antoni, aged 39, who landed in America from Guallieri, in 1902
Baccinoma Antoni, aged 26, who landed in America from Caiazzo, Italy, in 1905
Borbala Antoni, aged 21, who landed in America, in 1906
Carmela Antoni, aged 31, who immigrated to the United States, in 1910
Antonia Antoni, aged 22, who landed in America from Tropani, Sicily, in 1912
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Contemporary Notables of the name Antoni (post 1700) +

Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (b. 1947), American musician
Mark De Gli Antoni (b. 1962), American composer
Brian Antoni (b. 1958), American author, best known for his work "South Beach: The Novel"
Valdete Antoni (b. 1953), Albanian poet
Robert Antoni (b. 1958), West Indian writer
Lorenc Antoni (1909-1991), Kosovo Albanian composer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist
Jennipher Antoni (b. 1976), German actress
Janine Antoni (b. 1964), Bahamian artist
Dmitri Antoni (b. 1983), Estonian bronze medalist figure skater
Josep Antoni Noya Bou (1939-2021), Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)