Antons is a Danish, Latvian and Swedish masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

that is a short form of

Antonius Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, Finnish language, Finnish, Latin language, Latin, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish name used in Gre ...

in use in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, and

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

. It is also a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. People with the name Antons include:

Given name

* Antons Jemeļins (born 1984), Latvian footballer *

Antons Justs Antons Justs (22 November 1931 – 17 February 2019) was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop. Justs was born in Latvia and was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. After serving in Virginia in the U.S., he served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioc ...

(1931–2019), Latvian Roman Catholic bishop * Antons Kurakins (born 1990), Latvian footballer * Antons Sapriko (born 1980), Latvian businessman

Surname

* Mārtiņš Antons (1888–1941), Latvian lawyer and politician

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