Anthony or Antonio?

Boy Names
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I’d like to know people’s thoughts on whether they prefer [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] or [name_m]Antonio[/name_m]? Is [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] too common? Is [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] a bit too much? First name has to be one of the two.

I’d also like some middle name suggestions. If we go with [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] we would like a middle name not ending in an O. We currently like [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_u]Maurice[/name_u]. If we go with [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] we would like a middle name that is a bit more Italian, like [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Lorenz[/name_m]. We really like Italian and Latin names.

The surname is Italian and ends in an ‘O’.

Your help would be appreciated.

2

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]! I’m deeply in love with the name. [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] just doesn’t have the same appeal to me.

Some middle name ideas:

[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Enrico[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Josiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Diego[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Vincenzo[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Fredrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Leonardo[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Rocco[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] Aberto
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Jose[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Cole[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_u]Nico[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] [name_m]Matteo[/name_m]

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Luka[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Miguel[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Elijah[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Javier[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Cason[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Tomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_u]Cameron[/name_u]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Dantae[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Marston[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Carlos[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Giovanni[/name_m]

3

I really don’t like [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], but I do like [name_m]Antonio[/name_m]. I think it helps that your surname is Italian too.

4

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]! [name_u]Love[/name_u] that name~ (Also might be biased because [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] is a family name with no appeal to me and [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] is one of my favs)

I also second an earlier suggestion of [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Giovanni[/name_m]

Other suggestions:
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Aurelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_u]Andrea[/name_u] (Not sure how usable it is where you live, but it’s in the top ten Italian boy names)
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] [name_m]Santi[/name_m]
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] Cione

5

I actually like [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] better. I think when I read [name_m]Antonio[/name_m] I say it in my head with a thick Italian [name_m]New[/name_m] Yorker accent… Both are great options!

6

[name_m]Antonio[/name_m] is pretty and my fave but [name_m]Anthony[/name_m] perfectly fine!