Meaning of the nameToni

Toni is a masculine name, a short form of names linked to Antônio; the spelling Tony comes from English, where it is a short form of Anthony.

Meaning

The meaning of Toni is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 5,215
Rank in Brazil: #2,662
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 7,790; people

Toni in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Toni, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,771 people).

120 women 5,095 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Toni is most common

States with the highest share of people named Toni in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
Santa Catarina 0.005%
Paraná 0.004%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Bahia 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,067	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	676	0.006%
Paraná	412	0.004%
Bahia	406	0.003%
Santa Catarina	346	0.005%
Minas Gerais	314	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	298	0.002%
Pará	202	0.003%
Goiás	163	0.002%
Pernambuco	158	0.002%
Ceará	141	0.002%
Mato Grosso	112	0.003%
Amazonas	101	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	95	0.003%
Maranhão	94	0.001%
Sergipe	87	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	82	0.003%
Alagoas	74	0.002%
Piauí	72	0.002%
Distrito Federal	63	0.002%
Espírito Santo	59	0.002%
Paraíba	54	0.001%
Rondônia	41	0.003%
Roraima	38	0.006%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Amapá	16	0.002%
Acre	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Toni

Behind the Name records Toni, also used in Portuguese, as a short form of Anttoni, Antun and related names, and Tony as an English short form of Anthony. Anthony comes from the Roman family name Antonius, of unknown Etruscan origin, and for that reason the meaning is not known for certain. Wiktionary records Tony in Portuguese as an unadapted borrowing from English and relates it to Antônio. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Tony, Tonny, Thony, Thonny, Tonni and Thoni as spelling variants of Toni. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,975 people named Tony and 5,215 named Toni, and the name is almost always male.

Spelling with a final I; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Toni

Spelling	People (2022)
Tony	8,975
Toni	5,215

Sources

Wiktionary: Tony · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Tony · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Anthony · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Toni · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Toni · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Toni

What does the name Toni mean?

The meaning of Toni is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Toni in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,215 people with the first name Toni, which ranks it number 2,662 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Toni a boy's or a girl's name?

Toni is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 120 women and 5,095 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Toni?

Toni is a name of Latin and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Toni most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Toni (676 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Toni?

Tony. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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