Given name
Tonio
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
In Italian use, Tonio is a short form of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Tonio is a short form of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Tonio is a short form of Antonio. An origin associated with Antonio is Latin. In Italian use, Tonio is a short form of Anthony. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Tonio is used as a shortened form of ANTONiO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Italian use, Tonio is a short form of Antonio. The history of Antonio gives this family its wider story. Antonio has a place in Shakespeare’s plays.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tonio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 369
- 369 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 26 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 boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 529 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.
Tonio’s family of names
Tonio is a short form of Anthony. Tonio has a related form in Tony. In Italian usage, Tonio is a diminutive of Antonio.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tonio has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tonio
- Tonio Borgpoliticianborn 1957
- Tonio SelwartAmerican actor (1896–2002)
- Tonio ArangoGerman actorborn 1963
- Tonio SchachingerAustrian authorborn 1992
- Tonio FenechMaltese politicianborn 1969
- Tonio BiondiniItalian cross-country skier1945–1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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