When Robert Anton was christened on 5 November 1727, in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Hantone, was 44 and his mother, Isobel Jack, was 34.
German, Scottish, English, and Romanian; Spanish (Antón); Polish (mainly Antoń); Czech (also Antoň): from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Antonius (see Anthony ). This surname is also found in France (mainly Lorraine).
American shortened form of various patronymics and other derivatives from the equivalents of the Latin personal name Antonius, e.g. Greek Antoniades (compare Anthon 2), Polish Antonowicz , Slovenian Antončič and Antonič (see Antonich ).
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