Toni

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Toñi in FR France and Тони in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Toni is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name109K records spelled Toni7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Portugal

  Also written Tóni, Tôni, Toní, Tõnį, Ṭōni

• a separate given name94K records spelled Toni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Toñi, Ṭoni

• Finnish given name92K records spelled Toni12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Slovenia, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian

  Also written Tóni, Toñi, Tónî, Tõnï, Tòni

• Croatian given name62K records spelled Toni7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, North Macedonia, United States, Poland

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Polish

  Also written Тони, Toñi, Tőņį

• French given name38K records spelled Toni19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Tönï, Tõñí, Tońî, Töni, Tonï

• Danish given name6.8K records spelled Toni7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Toñi

• Greek given name2.4K records spelled Toni9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Tony, Toñi, Tonny, Τονυ, Toñy

78 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Toni is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, redução popular e coloquial de Antoni, Antonio.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Diminutif d’Antoine/Antonio, du latin Antonius; fête de saint Antoine.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Italian, Variante di Antoni

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• Pájaro

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• English (mainly U.S.): either a pet form of ANTONIA or a supposedly feminine spelling of TONY . Variants: Tonia, Tonie (less common) .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 117 years between 1907–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tony Garnierb. 1869FRnot in their usual nameFrench architect (1869–1948)
• Toni Morrisonb. 1931USAfrican American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)
• Tony Robertsb. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1939–2025)
• Tony Siricob. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1942–2022)
• Tony Shalhoubb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1953)
• Tony Blairb. 1953GBnot in their usual namePrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
• Tony Gilroyb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican screenwriter and director
• Tony Abbottb. 1957GBnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015
• Toni Braxtonb. 1967USAmerican singer (born 1967)
• Toni Kroosb. 1990DEGerman former football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,257 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Toni?

We estimate roughly 306 thousand people bear Toni (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Toni have the most bearers?

We estimate about 189 thousand people bear Toni in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled toni.

Where is Toni most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Toni is densest in Finland — about 1 in 320 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Toni compared with other names?

In the United States, Toni is the 476th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Toni a male or female name?

Toni is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Toni mean?

Recorded meaning: A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.