Given name & surname · also French
Toini
Toini is a form of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Original SpanishAntonia
Meaning & origin
What it means
Toini is a form of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Toini comes from French, and ultimately from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish use, Toini is used as a form of Antonia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1916.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Toini’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Toini developed from the French form Antoinette. Toini is a form of Antonia. In Finnish usage, Toini developed from the Spanish form Antonia.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Toini
- Toini GustafssonSwedish cross-country skierborn 1938
- Toini Pöysticross-country skier1933–2024
- Toini MuonaFinnish ceramic artist (1904-1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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