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[Facts] Antarius
Do you have any information about the male name Antarius? I have read that name in a magazine. It was the name of a university student so it could be from anywhere. I was doing a google search for Antaria too. But I only found fantasy places.
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What university did this student attend? What is his surname?This looks like the kind of name that could have been recently created within African-American culture in the United States. So any information on the ethnic background of this student would be helpful in deciding whether or not that's a likely origin in this case.
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Anterus is a name listed in Slownik imion, a book published in Poland in 1991 which merely gives lists of the forms of names in 28 different European langauges. It gives Anterus as a name occuring in Polish, Czech, Finnish, and German, with the original form being Latin Antherus. Antero is given as the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form of the same name. But I have no idea if Anterus/Antherus is really the name behind Antarius.
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Thank you!That sounds possible.
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Sorry for my delayed response.The university was in Germany. The last name made me think that the student came from East Europe. Did that help?
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Variation of Antares, maybe?
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