Ante (name)

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Ante is masculine given name found mainly in Croatia and in the Nordic countries.

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Ante (pronounced [ǎːnte] ) is a common Croatian name, among the top 100 names in Croatia, with over thirty thousand bearers. [1] In Croatia, the name Ante was among the top ten most common masculine given names in the decades up to 1959. [2] It is cognate to the name Antun, in turn derived from the Roman gentile name Antonius. It started to spread through the veneration of Anthony the Great and esp. of Anthony of Padua. Other cognates include Anton, Antonije, Anto, Toni, Tonko, Tonči, Antonija, etc. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Name Ante". Acta Croatica. Croatian Ancestry Limited, Chicago. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  2. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  3. "Ante". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Znanje d.o.o. and Srce . Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  4. "Antun". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Znanje d.o.o. and Srce . Retrieved November 14, 2021.
  5. "Ante". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.