Given name
Tonia
In English use, Tonia is a diminutive of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Tonia is a diminutive 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
Tonia is a diminutive of Antonia. Antonia comes from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Tonia is a diminutive of Antonia. In Polish usage, Tonia is a diminutive of Antonina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22,247
- 53 boys · 22,194 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 1,431 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,063 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −77%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,063 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,429 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 18,527 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.
Tonia’s family of names
In English usage, Tonia is a diminutive of Antonia. In English usage, Tonia has a related form in Tonya. In Polish usage, Tonia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tonya.
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Around the world
Tonia has relatives in 4 languages.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tonia
- Tonia SotiropoulouGreek actressborn 1987
- Tonia TisdellLiberian footballerborn 1992
- Tonia CouchBritish diverborn 1989
- Tonia AntoniazziWelsh politician, Labour Party MP for Gower (born 1971)
- Tonia MarketakiGreek film director, screenwriter (1942–1994)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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