Toni

Toni
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameAntonius, Antonio, Anton, Antonia Antoinette

Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name.

In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of the names derived from Antonius like Antonio, Ante or Anttoni.[a]

In Danish, English, Norwegian and Swedish, it is a feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia.[b]

In Bulgarian, it is a unisex name used as a diminutive form of both Antoniya and Anton.[3]

Toñi is a Spanish feminine given name used as a short form of Antonia.[c]

Tóni a Hungarian masculine given name used as a diminutive form of Antal.[d]

It is sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of other names, such as Antonio, Antoine, Antonia or Antoinette. It is also sometimes a surname. Notable people with this name include the following:

People

Women

  • Toni Adams (1964–2010), American professional wrestling manager and valet
  • Toni Arden (1924–2012), stage name of Antoinette Ardizzone, American traditional pop music singer
  • Toni Aubin (1927–1990), American vocalist
  • Toni Basil, stage name of American singer and actress Antonia Christina Basilotta (born 1943)
  • Toni Blum (1918–1973), American writer
  • Toni Braxton (born 1967), American singer-songwriter and actress
  • Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), African-American author, documentary filmmaker, social activist and college professor
  • Toni Carabillo (1926–1997), American graphic designer
  • Toni Childs (born 1957), American singer-songwriter
  • Toni Collette (born 1972), Australian actress
  • Toni Cronk (born 1980), Australian field hockey goalkeeper
  • Toni Darnay (1921–1983), American actress
  • Toni Duggan (born 1991), English footballer
  • Toni Edgar-Bruce (1892–1966), British actress
  • Toni Elster (1861–1948), German painter
  • Toni Fisher (1924–1999), American pop singer
  • Toni Fowler (born 1993), Filipina actress and social media personality
  • Toni Frissell (1907–1988), American photographer
  • Antonia Toni Garrn (born 1992), German model
  • Celestine Toni Gonzaga (born 1984), Filipino singer, television host, actress, and comedian
  • Toni Grant (1942–2016), American psychologist
  • Toni Halliday (born 1964), English singer-songwriter, half of the duo Curve
  • Toni Harp, American politician
  • Toni Jo Henry (1916–1942), American murderer
  • Toni Kasim (1966–2008), Malaysian politician
  • Toni Kelner, American mystery writer
  • Toni Lander (1931–1985), Danish dancer
  • Toni LaSelle (1901–2002), American artist
  • Toni Lawrence (born 1976), convicted of criminal confinement in the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer
  • Toni Mannix (1906–1983), American actress
  • Toni Martínez (born 1997), Spanish footballer
  • Toni McNaron (born 1937), American literary scholar and lesbian memoirist
  • Toni Mendez (1908–2003), American cartoonist
  • Toni Morrison (1931–2019), pen name of Nobel Prize–winning American author, editor, and professor Chloe Ardelia Wofford
  • Toni Packer (1927–2013), American writer and teacher
  • Toni Rettaliata (1944–2020), American politician
  • Toni Rothmund (1877–1956), German writer
  • Toni Sender (1888–1964), German politician
  • Toni Shaw (born 2003), British Paralympic swimmer
  • Toni Stone (1921–1996), American baseball player
  • Toni Tennille (born 1940), American singer-songwriter
  • Toni Tetzlaff (1871–1947), German film actress
  • Toni van Eyck (1910–1988), German film actress
  • Toni von Bukovics (1882–1970), Austrian film actress
  • Toni von Langsdorff (1884–1976), German doctor
  • Toni Wolff (1888–1953), Swiss Jungian analyst

Men

Fictional characters

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Toni
  • All pages with titles containing Toni
  • Tona (name)
  • Tonči, a Croatian and Slovene masculine given name
  • Tonie, a Swedish unisex given name and nickname
  • Tonio (name)
  • Tonni (name)

Notes

  1. ^ Used in parts of Norway and Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Republic of Karelia, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and the Falkland Islands.[1]
  2. ^ Used in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Greenland, United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Pakistan, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria.[2]
  3. ^ Used in Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and the Falkland Islands.[4]
  4. ^ Used in Hungary and parts of Romania.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Toni". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  2. ^ "Toni". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Toni". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Toñi". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tóni". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Toni - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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