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I think it seems awfully contrived and not very usable to me.

It's too close to macaroni.

The double first name or Marcus Antonius itself would be more my style, but I think Marcantony would be cool. The run-together stressed "canton" jumps out at me a little when I sit and say it and think, but I could ignore it, if it were the name of a person. Dunno about class... mostly it doesn't seem likely to be found on someone who is very privileged, I guess. I don't think it sounds pretentious, but neither is it clever. I think it compromises okay between the slightly pretentious Marc Anthony and the slightly overbearing Marcus Antonius.

This message was edited 1/13/2016, 3:32 PM

Obviously I'm getting the reference, but I'm seeing Mar Cantony, or Marcanton-y, and it just looks odd rather than 'clever'. The only framing I have for this sort of name is Hispanic portmanteaux*, so I'd read it as foreign rather than denoting any particular social class.

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* I know someone whose full first name is Joseantonio, with that spelling. He's always called Tony. Could be the case with Marcantony, too.

Umm... I think it would work. It's a little pretentious but not a huge amount. I think it works just about as well as Marc Antony, but there will be a few pronunciation issues sometimes. I'm not sure it alludes to a social class? Maybe kind of lower?

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I think it's neat.

I remember you asking about this before

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I still don't get why people use this as a combo so frequently. No one names their kid Julius Caesar (LN). It seems silly to me, mushed together or not.

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Here's everyone's previous opinion:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4643771

Even though I recognised the derivation immediately, Marcantony just looks like "Marc and Tony" to me.

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I do think that as one word Marcantony is a mix of pretentious and ignorant.

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Marc Antony looks much better but honestly I think it's also still pretentious. Which is fine, if that's what you look for in a name!