Meanings & Origins of Tony
What does Tony mean? What is the origin?
Meaning
highly praiseworthy. Abbreviation of Anthony and its variants used since medieval times as an independent name.
Meaning
Tony \t(o)-ny\ as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Tony), is pronounced TOH-nee. It is of English origin. Short form of Anthony (Latin) and its variants, frequently used since medieval times as an independent name. Tonio is a Latin short form. Actors Tony Curtis, Tony Danza; singer Tony Bennett.
Tony has 3 variant forms: Toney, Tonie and Tonio.
For more information, see also the related name Antonio.
Baby names that sound like Tony are Toni and Ton.
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Popularity of Tony
There were 465 US births last year.
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