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Toni - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Toni

[ 2 syll. to-ni, ton-i ] The boy name Toni is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is TOWNiy KEY. Toni is largely used in the English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, and Spanish languages, and it is derived from Latin origins. Toni is a variant of the name Anthony (English). Toni is also an English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Slavic, and Spanish short form of the name Anton (Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian).

Toni is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Toni, Anthony (English) was the most commonly used in 2008. Toni has in the past century been mostly given to girls.

Baby names that sound like Toni include Toney (English), Tony (English), Tóni (Hungarian), Taman, Tammen (English), Tammo (Frisian and German), Tammy (English and Scottish), Tani, Tanney (English), Tanno (Ghanaian), Tanny (English), Tano (Italian, Spanish, and Ghanaian), Tauno (Finnish), Tawno, Teemu (Finnish), Teman, Thano (Greek), Thiemo (German), Thimo (German), and Thoma (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for Toni: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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