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Ian vs Anthony - What's the difference?

ian | anthony |

As a determiner ian

is .

As an adverb ian

is .

As a proper noun anthony is

, in regular use since the middle ages.

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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    anthony

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Antony

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , in regular use since the Middle Ages.
  • * 1922 , The Beautiful and Damned :
  • "...Think you've got the best name I've heard," she was saying. - - "Anthony' Patch. Only you ought to look sort of like a horse, with a long narrow face - and you ought to be in tatters." "That's the Patch part though. How should '''Anthony''' look?" "You look like ' Anthony ," she assured him seriously - he thought she had scarcely seen him - "rather majestic," she continued, " and solemn."
  • * 1952 Thomas Pyles, Words and Ways of American English , Random House, page 245:
  • It is doubtless true that American English lacks a tradition for the pronunciation of Anthony'' , a name which was not often bestowed upon American males until the comparatively recent craze for supposedly swank "British" Christian names, like ''Stephen'', ''Peter'', ''Michael , etc., in this country.
  • * 1955 (Joseph Heller), Catch-22 , Chapter Five:
  • She was built like a dream and wore a chain around her neck with a medal of Saint Anthony' hanging down inside the most beautiful bosom I never saw. "It must be a terrible temptation for Saint '''Anthony'''," I joked - just to put her at ease, you know. "Saint '''Anthony'''?" her husband said. "Who's Saint ' Anthony ?"
  • A city in Kansas
  • A city in New Mexico
  • A town in Texas