Fun Facts About the Name Antonela
- 324 babies named Antonela: U.S. records list 324 babies given the name Antonela from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Antonela Mean?
Antonela is a feminine name, most often treated as a single-l spelling of the Italian diminutive Antonella. Its descent runs back to the Roman family name Antonius (the gens Antonia), whose feminine form was Antonia; the suffix -ella gives Antonella the sense of "little Antonia."
The meaning of Antonius itself is not securely known. The family was a plebeian Roman gens, and the name is generally thought to be of Etruscan origin, with no clear Latin root. A long-standing but folk-etymological explanation links it to the Greek word anthos, "flower." A separate traditional gloss treats the name as "priceless" or "inestimable," and this is the meaning most often listed, though it rests on an uncertain derivation rather than a documented source. Because the parent name is the key to the meaning, the sense of Antonela is only as firm as the sense of Antonius.
Antonela Name History & Origins
The feminine Antonia was used in ancient Rome and belonged to the family of Marcus Antonius, the general known in English as Mark Antony; his daughters were named Antonia Major and Antonia Minor. From Roman usage the name passed into the Christian naming stock of Europe, helped by saints who bore the masculine form Antonius, among them the Egyptian hermit Anthony, venerated from the fourth century, and Anthony of Padua in the thirteenth. Feminine forms of the name appear in most European languages, including Antonija, Antoinette, and Antonia.
The diminutive Antonella belongs to Italian, with the masculine counterpart Antonello. Antonela, spelled with a single l, is the form current in Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian, and it is also used in Romanian and Albanian. Its history is that of the Latin name behind Antonia rather than an independent origin of its own; the one-l spelling is a local adaptation of the Italian-style form rather than a separate root.
How Popular is the Name Antonela?
Antonela has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #2,656 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,343 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2024 | #2,656 | 65 | 0.0040% |
| 2023 | #3,330 | 48 | 0.0030% |
| 2022 | #6,475 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2021 | #6,715 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #6,956 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #9,171 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #7,438 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #14,310 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #16,500 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #16,680 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,777 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #13,489 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #11,349 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,763 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #13,992 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #10,898 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #17,428 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,421 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #13,586 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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