Anthony or Antony

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Baby boy due in September and my OH likes this name. How would you pronounce it? With a hard T or a soft th? And which spelling? What do you all think of the name? Many thanks!

No, it's not. I mean, some people might but it's not a blanket "in the north" pronunciation.

Same here.

I live in the north east and it's pronounced Anthony as in the th is pronounced here.

Anthony

It’s always pronounced Antony in the UK, but the one I know without the H spends his life correcting it.

I also know a Nicolas (French) who lives here and has the same problem.

That’s not standard in the NE, IME.

Not where I am from in the north. Written Anthony, pronounced Antony

Said in a real Dublin accent Anthony becomes Anknee

Anthony. Th said as T, like in Thomas.

Or Anto!

I like it but it'll get shortened to Ant. Tony is fine but I'm not keen on Ant.

I agree. Many in the north east would pronounce it with a 'th' sound.

Soft TH is American.

My XP is an Anthony and from the NE. It's said as Ant not Anth.

Anthony, pronounced with a hard T.

I grew up in the south. Lots of Anthony’s at school always with the T sound. Moved north and suddenly they are all Anthony’s with a TH. it really irritates me!
So I would choose depending on where you live and how it’s pronounced.

Thank you all! We're in southern England and both English. My OH said with a hard T which I'm quite happy with but I wasn't sure on what was the typical spelling. I am happy to go with the majority rule!

I've only heard it pronounced AnTHony, like Anthea or Anthropology.

I've only heard the Anth version twice and I know a lot of Anthonys.

Anthony is the spelling.

Pronunciation is the hard 't', like at the start of Thomas.

"Or Anto !"

True 😂 @Abigail47

DH is an Anthony. Definitely hard T

Relative in Australia is Anthony pronounced hard T.

I would spell it Antony - to cease deliberaion on the pronunciation and spelling.

Then they'll always have say "without an h". Antony Blinken doesn't have an h and I've even seen his name misspelled on captions.

Anthony.

I just heard a female version of this that I liked.

Antonine