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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni
- A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.
1979, William Golding, Darkness Visible, page 134:"I'm not Toni any more. I'm Antonia." Sophy burst out laughing. "And I'm Sophia."
- A male given name
Usage notes
Popular in the 1960s and 1970s, commonly in the Washington, D.C. area.
References
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Antōnius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni m
- (Switzerland) a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony
Further reading
Cimbrian
Proper noun
Toni m
- a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony
References
Finnish
Etymology
Originally a diminutive of Anttoni (“Anthony”) and Anton.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni
- a male given name from Latin
Declension
Statistics
- Toni is the 36th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 16,684 male individuals (and as a middle name to 831 more), and also belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
Walloon
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni
- a male given name