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How would you pronounce Anthony?

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igglepiggle599 · 25/02/2025 22:16

I'd love to use the name 'Anthony', but I've heard a lot of people (especially in the States) pronounce it using the 'h', which I really dislike. Is this likely to be a common problem?

I do get very bothered by certain pronunciations. I've already ruled out the name 'Anastasia' because I hate the way many people pronounce it with four syllables (An-uh-stay-zhuh instead of An-ah-stay-see-ah).

I'm aware that it can also be spelled 'Antony', but it just doesn't look quite right to me!

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SwedishEdith · 25/02/2025 22:41

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 25/02/2025 22:32

I have a cousin who is an An THo knee
we are British. Still gets called Tony though!

Yes, that is almost inevitable. Usually steered by the Anthonys themselves, ime.

Whiskeyandkittens · 25/02/2025 22:40

I'm English and don't pronounce the "h" - a friend from New Zealand has it as a middle name and does pronounce the h and was convinced that I was saying it wrong and that Anthony and Antony are two different names!

ChessorBuckaroo · 25/02/2025 22:39

RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2025 22:24

Are you in America. I have never known Anthony in the UK to be pronounced with the "th" sound.

Most English people pronounce Anastasia the first way you suggest. Russians differently but not like the second way you suggest.. Anna sta zee ah.

The UK is not England.

This is like those Halloween threads when the English and their November 5th custom (which we in Northern Ireland have never celebrated unlike Halloween which is from here (and Scotland)) think they speak for the rest of us.

My brother is called Anthony. An-thon-ney.

ThreeMagicNumber · 25/02/2025 22:36

I'd pronounce it however they have introduced themselves. I've met people who said it as Ant-ony and one who said Anth-ony.

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 25/02/2025 22:35

I have a relative called anthony.we pronounce it ant-uh-nee. Run together though, not sounded out. Antuhnee

Edit. More of ni than nee. Antuni

Onlyvisiting · 25/02/2025 22:35

I'm English and would probably say TH not T. But I had to sound both out and realised I've never met one so it hasn't really come up and I could go either way!
But if it is going to really bother you then I think you need to go for the Antony spelling as in Mark Antony as it is ambiguous otherwise IMO

Whoarethoseguys · 25/02/2025 22:33

I think mist people in the UK would pronounce it Antony. I haven't heard anyone pronouncing it with a th sound

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 25/02/2025 22:32

I have a cousin who is an An THo knee
we are British. Still gets called Tony though!

cactuswoman · 25/02/2025 22:31

I have a nephew called Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister called him Anfernee.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

DisforDarkChocolate · 25/02/2025 22:31

I'd pronounce the h. If you want Antony, use Antony. Lovely name.

SwedishEdith · 25/02/2025 22:30

I do know of one who shortens his name to Anth but he's quite pretentious.

I knew an Anastasia which was pronounced as Anna Stay Shuh - shortened to Stay Shuh.

MyLordNorfolk · 25/02/2025 22:30

Ant-Knee. Northern English.
Almost a global stop in the middle

RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2025 22:29

I'm 64 and Anthony was very popular among my contemporaries. Always pronounced with a hard t.

CatFitsSheSits · 25/02/2025 22:29

They say Anth-ony in Australia. I'd never heard Ant-ony until coming to uk

Velvian · 25/02/2025 22:26

I've never heard Anthony pronounced the American way in the UK.

BootballJoy · 25/02/2025 22:26

I've only met one who pronounced the 'th' and he was American. I also really dislike that pronunciation! I don't think you'd have an issue at least anywhere I've lived in the UK though getting the hard t pronunciation.

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igglepiggle599 · 25/02/2025 22:26

RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2025 22:24

Are you in America. I have never known Anthony in the UK to be pronounced with the "th" sound.

Most English people pronounce Anastasia the first way you suggest. Russians differently but not like the second way you suggest.. Anna sta zee ah.

No, I'm British, but I hear the American pronunciation a lot.

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maudelovesharold · 25/02/2025 22:26

In the North of England, it might be pronounced as if it has 2 syllables, rather than 3 - Antnee.

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igglepiggle599 · 25/02/2025 22:25

SkaneTos · 25/02/2025 22:24

@igglepiggle599
Thank you for the answer! I have never really thought about the pronounciation of Anthony. Interesting.

Do you like the version "Anton"?

Also nice!

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MummytoE · 25/02/2025 22:25

I no someone called Anthony, he gets Antony and Anthony equally. I think if people getting wrong would wind you up a lot I would choose another name

RosesAndHellebores · 25/02/2025 22:24

Are you in America. I have never known Anthony in the UK to be pronounced with the "th" sound.

Most English people pronounce Anastasia the first way you suggest. Russians differently but not like the second way you suggest.. Anna sta zee ah.

SkaneTos · 25/02/2025 22:24

@igglepiggle599
Thank you for the answer! I have never really thought about the pronounciation of Anthony. Interesting.

Do you like the version "Anton"?

Shitgift · 25/02/2025 22:23

Yep, Antony Ant-oh-knee, Anthony Anth-oh-knee. I'm British.

SwedishEdith · 25/02/2025 22:23

It won't be a problem. It's pronounced the same as Antony.

Moreteaandchocolate · 25/02/2025 22:22

I’ve only heard “t” not “th” in the uk