Anthony is a male first name. In very rare cases it is also used for girls.
The first name Anthony is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #23 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Anthony, accounting for approximately 0.60 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 1,456,504 people – children, adults and seniors – named Anthony living in the United States, which is approximately 0.43 % of the entire population.
Anthony Kiedis (*1962)
Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of the US-American rock band "Red Hot Chili Peppers" which he co-founded in 1983. Together they released over a dozen studio albums and became one of the most successful and influential rock bands of all time.
Anthony Anderson (*1970)
The US-American actor and comedian is best known for his role as Maurice in the action movie "Romeo must die". In addition he is very popular for acting in the TV shows "Black-ish" and "Law & Order". Anderson started his career as a stand-up comedian and later transitioned to acting. He was nominated several times for an Emmy and Golden Globe.
Anthony Hopkins (*1937)
The Welsh Actor is best known for his role as Hannibal Lecter in the film trilogy "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), "Hannibal" (2001) and "Red Dragon" (2002). He received two Academy Awards for Best Actor: Once for his role in "Silence of the Lambs" in 1992 and 30 years later for playing "Anthony" in "The Father" in 2021. His full name ist Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins.
Anthony Leggett (*1938)
The British-American physicist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003 for his work on the theory of superconductivity and superfluidity. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has received numerous other awards and honors for his work, including the Order of the British Empire, the Order of Merit, and the Comstock Prize in Physics.
When you hear the name Anthony, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Anthony? Are you also called Anthony? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
try visiting the historical Anthony House, which these days houses a museum about the suffragette Susan B. Anthony.
is a glacier on the Wilkins Coast of Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula. The glacier was named after Alexander Anthony, vice president of a textile corporation.
there are several streets that carry the name Anthony, for example in London, New York or Sydney.
In Toledo you can drive over the Anthony Wayne Bridge, named after General Anthony Wayne, that spans the Maumee River. It is commonly called High Level Bridge and is 3.215 ft long.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is a very popular first letter for boys’ names. That’s because 9.0% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letter J is more common for boys' names.
With seven letters, the name Anthony has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 9.0% of all boys' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs nearly three times as often as all other letters on average. And by the way: Of all the boys' names that start with an A, Anthony is the most common.
If your name is Anthony and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Anthony, you can simply say:
Apple
Nut
Tiger
Hat
Orange
Nut
Yoyo
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Anthony
Anthony
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
A
N
T
H
O
N
Y
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
A
N
T
H
O
N
Y
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Anthony sounds like this:
