Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Tonette is a short form of Antonette. In Norwegian usage, Tonette is a feminine form of Anton.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tonette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,505
- 0 boys · 1,505 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 73 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 7 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 73 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,215 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tonette’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Tonette is a short form of Antonette. In Norwegian usage, Tonette is a feminine form of Anton. In Norwegian usage, Tonette has a related form in TONETTA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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