Antones: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Behind the Antones surname stands Antunes, a Portuguese name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Antones writes “o” in place of the “u” found in Antunes, a common scribal difference. Its meaning, shared with Antunes, is “son of António”. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The same family of names includes Antonio.

There is no single Antones family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Antones surname pack.