Thread: is my name russian?

hey im new here.

i have russian ancestors (my great grandparents were russian) and im beginning to learn as we are visiting russia soon.

i know there is a russian name antonina, and my name is antonia - is this also russian?

thanks alot

I would say the name is russified, the original name is obviously anton or anthony, which comes from a roman family (example: roman general Mark Anthony (marcus anthonius)). Anthos means flower in roman.

This name - Antonina (also the male Anton) is popular in Russia. The diminutive is Tonya.

Gerty, she said her name was Antonia, not Antonina.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

I would say the name is russified, the original name is obviously anton or anthony, which comes from a roman family (example: roman general Mark Anthony (marcus anthonius)). Anthos means flower in roman.

Anthos (άνθος) means flower in Greek not Latin. I don't know if it is the same in Latin they have taken a lot of words for us.

Originally Posted by VendingMachine

Gerty, she said her name was Antonia, not Antonina.

But I was talking about what?

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Originally Posted by "kalinka_vinnie":voub69vq

I would say the name is russified, the original name is obviously anton or anthony, which comes from a roman family (example: roman general Mark Anthony (marcus anthonius)). Anthos means flower in roman.

Anthos (άνθος) means flower in Greek not Latin. I don't know if it is the same in Latin they have taken a lot of words for us.[/quote:voub69vq]

In Latin flower was "flos".

antonia is a greek name.