Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tonka isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tonka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 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 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 145 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.
Tonka’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Tonka is a diminutive of Antónia. In Slovenian usage, Tonka has a conventional equivalent in the German form Toni. In Croatian usage, Tonka has a conventional equivalent in the French form TOINON.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tonka has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tonka
- Tonka PetrovaBulgarian athletics competitorborn 1947
- Tonka TomicicChilean model and television presenterborn 1976
- Tonka ObretenovaBulgarian revolutionary (1812–1893)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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