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Are we all saying Anthony with a TH in the US, and a T sound everywhere else?
Anybody vary from that? Have you met any Anthony people who vary from that?
How have you heard it said in Canada, Australia, other countries?
Do you prefer the pronunciation that's common where you live, or the other one?
If you lived in the US and your name was Anthony pronounced as Antony, would you choose to spell it Antony to get that pronunciation?
What do you think of the nn Ant? (I know an Anthony whose friends call him Ant)
Who's the first famous Anthony who comes to your mind?
Rank these by which you like most:
Anthony
Antonio
Anton
- mirfak
Anybody vary from that? Have you met any Anthony people who vary from that?
How have you heard it said in Canada, Australia, other countries?
Do you prefer the pronunciation that's common where you live, or the other one?
If you lived in the US and your name was Anthony pronounced as Antony, would you choose to spell it Antony to get that pronunciation?
What do you think of the nn Ant? (I know an Anthony whose friends call him Ant)
Who's the first famous Anthony who comes to your mind?
Rank these by which you like most:
Anthony
Antonio
Anton
- mirfak
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I say it with a TH. I might have heard it with a T from an older TV show... maybe it was British? I can't recall. I've only ever meet 1 Anthony and he says it with a TH. I prefer that sound, personally. If I wanted it to be said with a T, I'd spell it as Antony.
The NN Ant is okay - for some reason I don't like Tony. Maybe because it's used so much?
I can't think of any famous Anthonys.
Antonio (really like), Anthony (really like), and Anton (don't like) by order of preference. Antonio reminds me of the San Antonio River, which is absolutely gorgeous. A loved one was born there. We got a tour of the river one summer! I would love to go back.
The NN Ant is okay - for some reason I don't like Tony. Maybe because it's used so much?
I can't think of any famous Anthonys.
Antonio (really like), Anthony (really like), and Anton (don't like) by order of preference. Antonio reminds me of the San Antonio River, which is absolutely gorgeous. A loved one was born there. We got a tour of the river one summer! I would love to go back.
I love Anthony. I've only heard it pronounced with the TH. I also love Anton, and Antonio is ok if your Italian.
I know Anthony pronounced with a "th" sound. I like this name!
Here in Australia our prime minister is Anthony Albanese - the th is always sounded. I grew up in England. The first Anthony I heard of was famous prime minister Sir Anthony Eden. My mother always pronounced the th in his name. But when I went to university and pronounced the th in a politics tutorial students from a different English location from me (I was from the south and they from the industrial Midlands and north) laughed and said the th is silent. There was a televison newsreader called Antony Brown -- I assume his parents deliberately chose that spelling because they didn't like the -th. I can't remember how we pronounced Shakespeare's "Mark Anthony" at school. Of course, Charles Dickens's character "Little Dorrit" was pronounced without the h (Dorrit deriving from Dorothy) which makes me suspect that Anthony in mid-nineteenth century England must have been Antony -- at least to the industrial working class (I'm sorry, that sounds snobbish, but England was a terribly stratified society) and that Dorothy and Anthony were older pronunciations. That might explain why Americans use the -th pronunciation, colonisation having started centuries earlier. British settlement in Australia began in the 1780s, and here the th is invariably used in Anthony -- witness Albanese's case but in that of a politician called Doug Anthony (surname). Anneza comments here that the th isn't sounded in Anthony in South Africa -- could this be due to Dutch influence? I knew an English girl who married a Dutchman named Anton -- a very handsome name imho.
I'm based in the US, and I have only every encountered Anthony with the TH pronunciation. I don't care for the hard T pronunciation, for Antony in general. (Antoni is marginally better.)
I dislike most nicknames for Anthony - Tony is meh, Ant is definitely not for me.
I hear Anthony and immediately go to Anthony Hopkins, for whatever that says about me.
I dislike most nicknames for Anthony - Tony is meh, Ant is definitely not for me.
I hear Anthony and immediately go to Anthony Hopkins, for whatever that says about me.
I live in the US.
I have met people with the Antony pronunciation without knowing how it is spelled. I think I have always heard the singer's (although maybe I am conflating his with the ancient Roman's?) name pronounced as Marc Antony - looking it up, he spells it with an H, but it is based on Antonio. I've also met a few people named Anthony with TH pronounced but not that many given how popular it was. I feel like I've seen/heard Anthony (TH) most as a surname, so it vaguely has that kind of vibe to me.
I thought of Antonio Banderas before I thought of an Anthony, and then, Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins is British, and I have always heard his name pronounced with a TH - whether Americans are mispronouncing it, or if that's how he himself prefers it, I don't know.
Ant works if the person likes it. I wouldn't like that as my NN.
I would spell my name as Antony if I didn't want the TH pronunciation, except I wouldn't because that seems too British. I'd rather use Antonio (Antonio "Antony" if I really wanted to be called that).
Anton is ok, but it reminds me of European seeming names like Axel or Soren. I'm not sure if I prefer the brevity of Anton or the rhythm of Antony, so those about tie.
I have met people with the Antony pronunciation without knowing how it is spelled. I think I have always heard the singer's (although maybe I am conflating his with the ancient Roman's?) name pronounced as Marc Antony - looking it up, he spells it with an H, but it is based on Antonio. I've also met a few people named Anthony with TH pronounced but not that many given how popular it was. I feel like I've seen/heard Anthony (TH) most as a surname, so it vaguely has that kind of vibe to me.
I thought of Antonio Banderas before I thought of an Anthony, and then, Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins is British, and I have always heard his name pronounced with a TH - whether Americans are mispronouncing it, or if that's how he himself prefers it, I don't know.
Ant works if the person likes it. I wouldn't like that as my NN.
I would spell my name as Antony if I didn't want the TH pronunciation, except I wouldn't because that seems too British. I'd rather use Antonio (Antonio "Antony" if I really wanted to be called that).
Anton is ok, but it reminds me of European seeming names like Axel or Soren. I'm not sure if I prefer the brevity of Anton or the rhythm of Antony, so those about tie.
This message was edited 5/22/2025, 3:08 PM
I'm in Canada and I've only ever heard the "th" pronunciation. I have an uncle and cousin with the name and that's how we say it.
Anthony said like Antony is nice, I do prefer that one, it because it's exotic. I would use that spelling to get the pronunciation, because I would constantly have to correct people here otherwise.
Ant as a nickname is cute, I like it. It's quirky.
I like Anton, then Antonio, then Anthony. Although I don't actually like the name Anthony, because I have a very bad association with it. But other forms like Anton and Antonio are fine. I quite like Anton.
First famous Anthony that comes to mind: Anthony Hopkins.
Anthony said like Antony is nice, I do prefer that one, it because it's exotic. I would use that spelling to get the pronunciation, because I would constantly have to correct people here otherwise.
Ant as a nickname is cute, I like it. It's quirky.
I like Anton, then Antonio, then Anthony. Although I don't actually like the name Anthony, because I have a very bad association with it. But other forms like Anton and Antonio are fine. I quite like Anton.
First famous Anthony that comes to mind: Anthony Hopkins.
I've only ever heard Anthony in the US pronounced with a th. Occasionally I've heard people with regional accents say it so it sounds sort of like Antny, without the vowel in between the t and the n.
I don't like the Antony pronunciation, it feels snobbish and pretentious, like Rafe for Ralph. Fine where it's the usual way but not anyplace else.
I don't like the Antony pronunciation, it feels snobbish and pretentious, like Rafe for Ralph. Fine where it's the usual way but not anyplace else.
I wouldn’t pronounce Antony and Anthony differently. I think I like Anton better, the others two feel stereotypical Italian/Italian American. An Italian American author I know who grew up in the 50s and 70s said he haTed being a Tony rather than a Johnny or Billy.
Anton > Anthony > Antonio
I'll accept Antony for a break in the monotony, but both pronunciations are rather dull to me.
I know a couple "Anthony's" who go by both, depending who their with, and whose legal name is probably Antonio now that I think about it.
Anthony Bourdain comes to mind first.
Edit: the more I look at Anthony the weirder it looks 😅
I'll accept Antony for a break in the monotony, but both pronunciations are rather dull to me.
I know a couple "Anthony's" who go by both, depending who their with, and whose legal name is probably Antonio now that I think about it.
Anthony Bourdain comes to mind first.
Edit: the more I look at Anthony the weirder it looks 😅
This message was edited 5/22/2025, 2:19 AM
The h in what was originally Antonius is a false etymology: someone thought that it was derived from anthos = flower. Since its actual origin is unknown, this has stayed. To non-Americans, Anthony-with-a-th sounds ludicrous, like pronouncing the k- in knowledge. I know a man named Ian Antony, here in South Africa. His mother insisted on that spelling because she didn't want to take the risk of people using the American pronunciation. People tried to point out that the number of times his full name would actually be said out loud by anyone was probably less than ten, but she was determined! I would certainly use the -t- spelling (and therefore pronunciation) if I were using it as a first name, but for a mn I'd probably stick with the non-US version.
1: Anton
2 Anthony
3 Antonio
1: Anton
2 Anthony
3 Antonio