Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Spanish.
Antonia is a girl's and boy's baby name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Antonius — the famous Roman family name — possibly derived from the Etruscan, meaning "priceless" or "inestimable." Mark Antony, the Roman general and lover of Cleopatra, made the Antonius name immortal in history.
With over 34,000 U.S. births recorded, Antonia has been a consistent presence across Roman Catholic and Hispanic-American communities. Novelist Willa Cather's beloved My Antonia (1918) remains one of the great American novels, giving the name a deep literary heritage on the Great Plains.