Meaning of the nameTony

Tony is a spelling of the name Toni.

Meaning

The meaning of Tony 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): 8,975
Rank in Brazil: #1,845
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 7,246; people

Tony in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tony, 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 (2,774 people).

64 women 8,911 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 Tony is most common

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

Sergipe 0.015%
Amazonas 0.011%
Alagoas 0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.009%
Pernambuco 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,436	0.003%
Pernambuco	694	0.008%
Minas Gerais	688	0.003%
Bahia	660	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	525	0.003%
Paraná	439	0.004%
Amazonas	429	0.011%
Maranhão	403	0.006%
Ceará	402	0.005%
Pará	342	0.004%
Sergipe	336	0.015%
Goiás	331	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	284	0.009%
Paraíba	282	0.007%
Alagoas	273	0.009%
Santa Catarina	212	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	176	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	172	0.006%
Mato Grosso	159	0.004%
Distrito Federal	157	0.006%
Piauí	135	0.004%
Espírito Santo	128	0.003%
Roraima	81	0.013%
Tocantins	73	0.005%
Rondônia	62	0.004%
Acre	62	0.008%
Amapá	34	0.005%

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

The spelling Tony

This is the most recorded spelling in the group and keeps the final Y of the English Tony; proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

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.

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 Tony

What does the name Tony mean?

The meaning of Tony 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 Tony in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,975 people with the first name Tony, which ranks it number 1,845 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Tony is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 8,911 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Tony?

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

In which Brazilian state is Tony most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.015% of the state's population is named Tony (336 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Tony?

Toni. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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