Kalmar "Antigonus" tana nufin sunan namiji da aka ba da wanda aka samo daga Girkanci na dā. A cikin tsohon tarihin Girka, an sami wasu fitattun mutane da ke da wannan suna, ciki har da Antigonus I Monophthalmus, janar kuma satrap a ƙarƙashin Alexander the Great, da Antigonus II Gonatas, sarkin Makidoniya. Sunan "Antigonus" ya ƙunshi kalmomin Helenanci guda biyu: "anti," wanda ke nufin "gaban," da "gonus," wanda ke nufin "gwiwoyi." Saboda haka, ainihin ma'anar sunan shine "a kan gwiwa" ko "masu adawa da lankwasa gwiwa."