girl's name
Antonella
an-toh-NEL-lah
- Origin Latin
- Gender Girl
- Letters 9
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 12,847
the United States
#284
2025 births
Antonella is a girl's name of Italian origin, a diminutive of Antonia. The Roman family name behind it, Antonius, has no known meaning — it is probably Etruscan — and the priceless or praiseworthy glosses were invented during the Renaissance.
- Antonella is a name of Latin origin.
- Peaked in 2024, when 1,333 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,050 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1954.
Antonella over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1960s | 147 |
| 1970s | 342 |
| 1980s | 287 |
| 1990s | 316 |
| 2000s | 872 |
| 2010s | 3,285 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 5,322 |
What Antonella means
Antonella means little Antonia, and Antonia means nothing we can recover. The Roman gens Antonia was almost certainly Etruscan in origin, and Etruscan is only partly deciphered, so the name's sense is genuinely lost.
Where Antonella comes from
Antonella is the Italian diminutive of Antonia, feminine of the Roman family name Antonius. That name is pre-Roman and probably Etruscan, a language we can read phonetically but largely not translate, so its meaning is unrecoverable. The familiar glosses — priceless, praiseworthy, flourishing — were supplied during the Renaissance by scholars who connected it to the Greek anthos, a flower, a link modern scholarship rejects. That false etymology is also why the H appears in Anthony. Mark Antony is the family's most famous member, and Saint Anthony of Padua carried the name into Italian devotion.
Antonella in use
Antonella charts in five of the seven countries we track and peaked in 2024.
How popular is Antonella?
In 2025, Antonella was given to 1,087 babies in the United States, ranking #284 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Antonella is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Antonella
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Antonella also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Antonella over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Antonella
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Antonella in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Antonella
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Antonella — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Antonella
What does the name Antonella mean?
Nothing recoverable. The Roman Antonius behind it is probably Etruscan, and the priceless and praiseworthy readings were invented in the Renaissance.
Why is there an H in Anthony?
From the same false etymology — Renaissance scholars linked Antonius to the Greek anthos, a flower, and the H stuck.
What is short for Antonella?
Nella, Toni and Ella are all used.
How popular is the name Antonella?
In 2025, Antonella was given to 1,087 babies in the United States, ranking #284 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Antonella a girl's or a boy's name?
Antonella is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Antonella most popular?
Antonella peaked in 2024, when 1,333 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Antonella?
Antonella is usually shortened to Nella, Toni and Ella.
Is Antonella a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Antonella currently ranks #284 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.