Anton

Anton has the poise of a man who arrives early and orders without looking at the menu. A Scandinavian and Slavic form of Antony, descended from the Roman Antonius, it carries a clean short O and closes on a firm, unhurried N. In Iceland, where the naming culture still runs on patronymics and first names earn their keep, Anton holds its own as a continental choice that never tips into pretension.

Chekhov wore it through literary history; Bruckner and Dvorak lent it musical weight; in 2026 it moves through Nordic registers and European film credits with equal ease. It has never chased trends in the Anglophone world, which is the precise source of its quiet authority. You do not choose Anton because it is fashionable — you choose it because it will still sound right in forty years. Two syllables, no ornamentation, considerable room.