Tone (name)

Tone, Tóne or Þone is a given name, nickname and a surname. Tone is a Slovene masculine given name in use as a short form of Anton in Slovenia.[1] It is also a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name used as an alternate form of Torny and a short form of Antona in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Greenland and Denmark.[2] Tóne is a Portuguese masculine given name in use as a diminutive of Antônio and António in Portugal, Brazil, South Africa, Namibia, Angola and Mozambique.[3] Þone is an Old Norse feminine given name that is used as a form of Torny in parts of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, France, England and Scotland as well as in Denmark.[4]

Given name

Female

• Tone Åse (born 1965), Norwegian singer
• Tone Benjaminsen, Norwegian cyclist
• Tone Heimdal Brataas (born 1970), Norwegian politician
• Tone Dahle (born 1945), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Tone Damli (born 1988), Norwegian singer
• Tone Danielsen (born 1946), Norwegian actress
• Tone Fossum, Norwegian cyclist
• Tone Gunn Frustøl (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
• Tone Haugen (born 1964), Norwegian professional footballer
• Tone Hødnebø (born 1962), Norwegian poet, translator and magazine editor
• Tone Groven Holmboe (born 1930), Norwegian composer
• Tone Hulbækmo (born 1957), Norwegian singer and musician
• Tone Liljeroth (born 1975), Norwegian politician
• Tone Hatteland Lima (born 1979), Norwegian cyclist
• Tone Lise Moberg (born 1970), Norwegian singer
• Tone Mostraum (born 1974), Norwegian actress
• Tone Tangen Myrvoll (born 1965), Norwegian deaf cross country skier
• Tone Nyhagen (1963–2015), Norwegian sport dancer
• Tone Norum (born 1965), Swedish singer
• Tone Pahle (born 1954), Norwegian sport rower
• Tone Rasmussen (born 1968), Norwegian canoer
• Tone Rønoldtangen (born 1953), Norwegian trade unionist and politician
• Tone Thiis Schjetne (1928–2015), Norwegian sculptor
• Tone Schwarzott (born 1941), Norwegian actress and poet
• Tone Anne Alvestad Seland, Norwegian handball player
• Tone Skogen (born 1953), Norwegian civil servant and politician
• Tone Sønsterud (born 1959), Norwegian politician
• Tone Sverdrup (born 1951), Norwegian jurist
• Tone Tingsgård (born 1944), Swedish politician
• Tone Vigeland (born 1938), Norwegian goldsmith/silversmith and jewelry designer
• Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen (born 1966), Norwegian politician

Male

• Tone Čufar (1905–1942), Slovene writer and playwright
• Tone Dečman (1913–1989), Slovene skier
• Tone Đurišič (born 1961), Slovene cross-country skier
• Tone Gazzari (1912–1996), Yugoslav swimmer
• Tone Glenn Küsel-Gabriel (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
• Tone Kham (fl. 1633–1637), king of Lan Xang
• Tone Kopelani (born 1978) New Zealand rugby player
• Tone Kralj (1900–1975), Slovene artist
• Tone Pavček (1928–2011), Slovene poets, translators, and essayists
• Tone Partljič (born 1940), Slovene writer and politician
• Tone Perčič (born 1954), Slovene writer and translator
• Tone Peršak (born 1947), Slovene politician
• Tone Razinger (fl. 1921), Slovene cross-country skier
• Tone Tiselj (born 1961), Slovene handball coach and player
• Tone Wieten (born 1994), Dutch rower
• Tone Žnidaršič (1923–2007), Slovene artist

Stage name/nickname

• Tone, American producer and member of the production group Trackmasters
• Tone, alias of Tony Chung, member of Taiwanese-American mainstream pop duo Cool Silly
• Chef Tone, professional name of Tony Scales (born 1983), American male songwriter and record producer
• Juris Tone (born 1961), Latvian male bobsledder
• King Tone, nickname of Antonio Fernandez, American male gang leader
• Tone Bell, professional name of Michael Anthony Bell II (born 1983), American male stand-up comedian and actor
• Tone Brulin, whose birthname was Antoon Maria Albert van den Eynde (born 1926), Belgian male dramatist
• Tone Hočevar, nickname of Antun Hočevar (born 1951), Yugoslav male canoeist
• Tone Janša, nickname of Anton Janša (born 1943), Slovene male jazz musician
• Tone Lōc, stage name of Anthony Terrell Smith, (born 1966), American male rapper and actor
• Tone Pogačnik, nickname of Anton Pogačnik (1919–2013), Slovene male cross-country skier
• Tone Seliškar, nickname of Anton Seliškar (1900–1969), Slovene male writer, poet, journalist and teacher
• Tone Trump, stage name of Tony Brice, (born 1977), American male rapper

Fictional characters

• Dial Tone (G.I. Joe), two G. I. Joe toyline characters

Surname

• Chiaki Tone (born 1992), Japanese male baseball player
• Franchot Tone (1905–1968), American male actor
• Lama Tone (born 1971), New Zealand male rugby player
• Mariko Tone (born 1962), Japanese female singer, actress and essayist
• Philip Willis Tone (1923–2001), American male judge
• Ryosuke Tone (born 1991), Japanese male football player
• Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick (born 1992), New Zealand female netball and rugby sevens player
• Wolfe Tone (1763–1798), Irish male revolutionary figure
• Yasunao Tone (born 1935), Japanese male artist
• Art Van Tone (1918–1990), American male football player and coach

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Tone
• All pages with titles containing Tone
• Tone (disambiguation)
• Ross Tones, a.k.a. Throwing Snow, producer for the music group Snow Ghosts
• Tønes (born 1972), artistic name of Norwegian singer Frank Tønnesen
• Toney (name)
• Tono (name)

Notes

1. "Tone". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
2. "Tone". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
3. "Tóne". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
4. "Þone". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.