Meaning of the nameAntonieta

Female
Latin origin
An-to-ni-e-ta

Antonieta is a feminine name formed with the diminutive -eta on Antônia, the feminine of the Latin Antonius.

Meaning

The meaning of Antonieta is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 14,674
Rank in Brazil: #1,305
Median age: 64 years
2010 Census: 20,395; people

Antonieta in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Antonieta, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (3,271 people).

14,597 women 77 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Antonieta is most common

States with the highest share of people named Antonieta in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Ceará 0.021%
Bahia 0.019%
Piauí 0.014%
Distrito Federal 0.008%
Maranhão 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,912	0.007%
Bahia	2,621	0.019%
Ceará	1,866	0.021%
Minas Gerais	1,064	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	1,024	0.006%
Pernambuco	589	0.007%
Maranhão	468	0.007%
Piauí	462	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	452	0.004%
Pará	343	0.004%
Goiás	337	0.005%
Paraná	335	0.003%
Paraíba	244	0.006%
Espírito Santo	237	0.006%
Amazonas	226	0.006%
Santa Catarina	225	0.003%
Distrito Federal	223	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	179	0.005%
Alagoas	179	0.006%
Mato Grosso	156	0.004%
Sergipe	146	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	100	0.004%
Acre	92	0.011%
Rondônia	72	0.005%
Tocantins	68	0.005%
Roraima	35	0.006%
Amapá	19	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Antonieta

Behind the Name describes Antonieta as a Portuguese and Spanish diminutive of Antônia, which is the feminine of the Roman family name Antonius. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) places Antonieta among the traditional names with -eta, a diminutive affix from Latin. Antonius is of unknown Etruscan origin, and the link with the Greek ánthos, 'flower', is regarded as mistaken, so the meaning of the name is not known for certain. Wiktionary records Antonieta as the equivalent of the English Antoinette. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,674 people named Antonieta, with a median age of 64.

Sources

Behind the Name: Antonieta · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Antonia · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Anthony (Antonius) · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ETA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Antonieta · en.wiktionary.org · usage

Questions about the name Antonieta

What does the name Antonieta mean?

The meaning of Antonieta is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Antonieta in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,674 people with the first name Antonieta, which ranks it number 1,305 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Antonieta a boy's or a girl's name?

Antonieta is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,597 women and 77 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Antonieta?

Antonieta is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Antonieta most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.021% of the state's population is named Antonieta (1,866 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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