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Anton vs Ian - What's the difference?

anton | ian |

As adverbs the difference between anton and ian

is that anton is then; at that time; next while ian is .

As a determiner ian is

.

anton

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2011 , Lasting Damage , Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978 0340980651, page 78:
    • 'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton' , as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.
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    ian

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Iain

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1975 , , World of Wonders , ISBN 0670817902, page 736
    • “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian'. If you want to call him ' Ian Fetch, I shall say no more.”

    References

    * Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman

    Anagrams

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