Tony (name)
Tony is an English masculine given name that is diminutive form of Anthony[1] in use in Mexico, the United States, most of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Peninsular Malaysia, India, Pakistan, England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Guyana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Cameroon and Nigeria.[2] It is also a Danish, Finnish, Greenlandic, Norwegian and Swedish unisex given name that serves as a diminutive form of Antonia[1] in use in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Norway, and Sweden.[3]
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Toney, Toni, Tonie |
| Related names | Anthony, Antonio, Tonie |
People
- Tony Abbott (born 1957), former Australian Prime Minister (2013–15)
- Tony Piccolo, Aussie polictician
- Tony An (born 1978), South Korean singer, member of South Korean boy band H.O.T.
- Tony Armas (born 1953) Venezuelan baseball player
- Tony Armas Jr. (born 1978) Tony's son, Venezuelan baseball player
- Tony Atlas (born 1954), American wrestler
- Tony Blair (born 1953), former UK Prime Minister (1997–2007) and Leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007)
- Tony Benn (1925–2014), former long-serving Labour Party MP, socialist, President of Stop The War Coalition (2001–2014)
- Tony Blackburn (born 1943), British DJ
- Tony Brooks-James (born 1994), American football player
- Tony Brown (born 1995), American football player
- Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (born 1962), Hong Kong actor
- Tony Compagno (1921–1971), American football player
- Tony Cook (disambiguation), several people
- Tony Corbin (born 1974), American football player
- Tony Costa (1944–1974), American serial killer
- Tony Cristiani, American football player
- Tony Curtis, American actor (1925–2010), born Bernard Schwartz
- Tony Danza (born 1951), American actor
- Tony Discenzo (1936–2007), American football player
- Tony Douglas (singer) (1929–2013), American country music singer
- Tony Drago (born 1965), Maltese professional snooker player
- Tony "Spaghetti" Eustace, Australian fugitive who was murdered in 1985
- Tony Evers (born 1951), American politician and 46th Governor of Wisconsin
- Tony Gaffney (born 1984), American basketball player
- Tony Gara (1939–2006), Zimbabwean politician
- Tony Gwynn (1960–2014), American baseball player
- Tony Hale (born 1970), American actor and comedian
- Tony Hargain (born 1967), American football player
- Tony Hart (1925–2009), English TV presenter
- Tony Hawk (born 1968), American skateboarder
- Tony Haynes (born 1960), American lyricist, songwriter, author
- Tony Ippolito (1917–1951), American football player
- Tony Jayawardena (born 1978), Sri Lankan Briton actor
- Tony Jeffery (born 1964), American football player
- Tony Johns (born 1960), Canadian football player
- Tony Judt (1948–2010), British historian
- Tony Kaska (1911–1994), American football player
- Tony Leung Ka-Fai (born 1958), Hong Kong actor
- Tony Levine (born 1972), American football coach
- Tony Liberatore (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Lockett (born 1966), Australian rules footballer
- Tony Martin (American singer) (1913–2012), American actor and singer
- Tony Mills (musician) (1962–2019), English musician, member of the bands Shy, TNT
- Anthony Nwakaeme (born 1989), Nigerian footballer
- António Conceição da Silva Oliveira (born 1961), Portuguese football coach
- Toni (footballer, born 1946) (born 1946), Portuguese international footballer and coach
- Tony Parker (born 1982), French National Basketball Association player
- Tony Parker (author) (1923–1996), British oral historian
- Tony Parker (basketball, born 1993) (born 1993), American basketball player
- Tony da Costa Pinho (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Tony Pollard (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Tony Popovic (born 1973), Australian football manager
- Tony Romo (born 1980), American football player
- Tony Ronaldson (born 1972), retired Australian basketball player
- Anthony da Silva (born 1980), French-born Portuguese footballer
- Antoni Lima Solá (born 1970), Andorran footballer
- Tony Samuels, American football player
- Tony Satini (born 1993), Australian Rugby League player
- Tony Slattery, English comedian and actor
- Tony Swatton, Anglo-American blacksmith
- Tony Sylva (born 1975), Senegalese goalkeeper
- Tony Taka, also referred to as just Tony, Japanese illustrator, video game artist and character designer
- Tony Tan Keng Yam (born 1940), former Singaporean President (2011–17)
- Tony Tchani (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer
- Tony Thurman, American football player
- Tony Joe White (1943–2018), American singer-songwriter
- Tony Vlachos (born 1973), American police officer and reality television personality, winner from seasons Survivor: Cagayan and Winners at War
- Tony Williams (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
Fictional characters
- Fast Tony, in the 2006 animated film Ice Age: The Meltdown
- Fat Tony (The Simpsons), Mafia boss in the animated TV program The Simpsons
- Tony Chang, a character played by Michael Truong in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Tony DiMera, in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Tony Montana, in the 1983 film Scarface
- Tony Nelson, one of the main characters of the TV series I Dream of Jeannie, played by Larry Hagman
- Tony Padilla, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Tony Petrocelli, defense lawyer in the American TV series Petrocelli
- Tony Soprano, main protagonist in The Sopranos TV series
- Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man
- Tony Stonem, character in British TV series Skins
- Tony the Tiger, cartoon mascot for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal
Surname
- Gregory Tony (born 1970s), American law enforcement officer
- Motu Tony (born 1981), New Zealand international rugby league footballer
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See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Tony
- All pages with titles containing Tony
- Tony (disambiguation)
- Ton (disambiguation)
- Tona (name)
- Toni, name
- Toney (name)
- Tonny (name)
- Tono (name)
Notes
- "Tony (Tonny, Toni)" (in Swedish). Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- "Tony". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- "Tony". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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