Given name
Tonnie
Tonnie is a variant of Toni. In English use, Toni carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tonnie is a variant of Toni. In English use, Toni carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tonnie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,157
- 473 boys · 684 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 877 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
People named Tonnie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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