Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tõnu is a short form of Tõnis. Tõnis comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Tõnu is a short form of Tõnis.
Tõnu’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Tõnu is a short form of Tõnis. In Estonian usage, Tõnu has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anthony. In Estonian usage, Tõnu has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 安東尼.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tõnu has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tõnu
- Tõnu TrubetskyEstonian singer, actor and politician (born 1963)
- Tõnu ÕnnepaluEstonian poet and author (born 1962)
- Tõnu EndreksonEstonian rower (born 1979)
- Tõnu KaljusteEstonian conductor (born 1953)
- Tõnu TõnisteEstonian sailor and sportsperson (born 1967)
- Tõnu LepikEstonian athletics competitor, sportsperson and sports pedagogue (born 1946)
- Tõnu ÕimEstonian chess player and sportsperson (born 1941)
- Tõnu KilgasEstonian actor and singer (1954-2021)
- Tõnu ViikEstonian philosopher (born 1968)
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