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For other uses, see Toni (disambiguation).
Toni
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameAntonius, Antonio, Anton, Antonia

Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a given name. Toni is a unisex name used for both males and females.

In Spanish and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a short form of Antonio and Anttoni.[a]

In Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish, it is 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 Arden (1924–2012), stage name of Antoinette Ardizzone, American traditional pop music singer
  • Miltona Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), African-American author, documentary filmmaker, social activist and college professor
  • Toni Basil, stage name of American singer and actress Antonia Christina Basilotta (born 1943)
  • Toni Braxton (born 1967), American singer-songwriter and actress
  • Toni Childs (born 1957), American singer-songwriter
  • Toni Collette (born 1972), Australian actress
  • Toni Cronk (born 1980), Australian field hockey goalkeeper
  • Toni Duggan (born 1991), English footballer
  • Toni Fisher (1924–1999), American pop singer
  • Antonia Toni Garrn (born 1992), German model
  • Celestine Toni Gonzaga (born 1984), Filipino singer, television host, actress, and comedian
  • Antoinette Toni Halliday (born 1964), English singer-songwriter, half of the duo Curve
  • Toni Harp, American politician
  • Toni Kelner, American mystery writer
  • Toni Lawrence (born 1976), convicted of criminal confinement in the torture-murder of Shanda Sharer
  • Toni McNaron (born 1937), American literary scholar and lesbian memoirist
  • Toni Morrison (1931–2019), pen name of Nobel Prize–winning American author, editor, and professor Chloe Ardelia Wofford
  • Toni Shaw (born 2003), British Paralympic swimmer
  • Cathryn Antoinette Toni Tennille (born 1940), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, half of the duo Captain and Tennille

Men

Fictional characters

Surname

See also

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. ^ Behind the Name: Toni
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