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Antoino

Masculine

1958high 1979
Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year
rare

Antoino sits between the Italian and Spanish Antonio and the French Antoine: it opens like Antoine and ends like Antonio. The record holds no separate history for it, and most people will read it as Antonio with two letters swapped.

How old is the name Antoino?

Antoino first appears in US birth records in 1958 — 67 years ago. The typical Antoino alive today was born around 1983, making them about 42 years old. About 500 people named Antoino are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Antoino most popular?

Antoino peaked in 1979, reaching #1903 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Antoino

Antoino is two neighboring languages meeting inside one name. The front, Antoi-, is the French Antoine; the back, -ino, is the ending of Antonio and of the Italian Antonino. Our story of Antoino is Antoine setting out for Italy and picking up an Italian ending on the road, still recognizably the old Roman Antonius underneath.

Meaningnot established

Not established

Antonio and Antoine both come from the Roman family name Antonius, whose meaning is not known. Antoino has no documented meaning of its own.

How the name formed

  1. Latin Antonius
  2. Antonio and Antoine
  3. Antoino

Related forms: Antonio · Antonio · Antoine

Pronouncing Antoino

Not settled. Read cold it comes out an-TOY-no; some families mean it as Antonio. The spelling does not decide it.

Nicknames for Antoino

Limited

TonyThe standard English short form for every Anthony name
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1958–20252814028519582013

US babies named Antoino per year from 1958 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#19031950s2010s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1958
Most boys named
197928 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1903reached in 1979
Change vs 2008
−28.6%5 in 2013, from 7
Antoino sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1979, with 28 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Antoino in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Antonio in Italian — related form
  • Antonio in Spanish — related form
  • Antoine in French — related form

Antoinos among us

500

people named Antoino are estimated to be alive in the US today

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

Fashion outlook

Antoino sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Rests on the Roman name Antonius, with a long history in Italian, Spanish and French.
  • Tony works as a short form.
  • Recognizable at a glance as one of the Anthony names.
What to consider
  • Most readers will take it for a misspelling of Antonio and correct it, on forms and in classrooms, for life; a one-line answer ready in advance helps.
  • Its pronunciation is not obvious from the letters, so it will often be said wrong on first reading.

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Frequently asked

How many Antoinos are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Antoino are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Antoino in 2025?
Antoino is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
Will my child share the name Antoino with classmates?
Antoino will almost certainly be the only one in school.

More A names

The most-given names starting with A, all years combined.

Anthony#46 · Andrew#73 · Alexander#30 · Aaron#80 · Adam#101 · Arthur#87 · Albert#614 · Austin#113

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