Tonny (name)

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Tonny and Þonny are given names. Tonny is a diminutive Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Greenlandic and Norwegian unisex form of the given names Antonia, Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, as well as a Scandianvian masculine version of the name Toni and pet form of names ending with the element "-ton" that is popular in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Africa, Namibia, Suriname, Republic of Karelia, Estonia and Greenland.[1] Þonny is a feminine given name that is a form of Torny.[2]

Given names[]

Female[]

  • Tonny Ahm (1914-1993), Danish badminton player
  • Tonny de Jong (born 1974), Dutch speed skater
  • Tonny Holst-Christensen (fl. 1956–1962), Danish badminton player
  • Tonny Zwollo (born 1942), Dutch architect

Male[]

  • Tonny Roy Ayomi (born 1991), Indonesian footballer
  • Tonny Azevedo (born 1969), Brazilian cyclist
  • Tonny Brochmann (born 1989), Danish footballer
  • Tonny Brogaard (formerly Tonny Nielsen, born 1984), Danish football goalkeeper
  • Tonny Jensen (born 1971), Australian basketball player
  • Tonny Kristians (AKA Kristians Tonny, 1907–1977), Dutch surrealist painter
  • Tonny Mupariwa (born 1991), Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Tonny Bruins Slot (born 1947), Dutch football coach
  • Tonny Sorensen (born 1964), Danish entrepreneur and creative director
  • Tonny Albert Springer, known as T. A. Springer, (1926 – 2011), Dutch mathematician
  • Tonny Temple (born 2000), American soccer player
  • Tonny van Ede (1924 – 2011), Dutch football player
  • Tonny Vilhena (born 1995), Dutch footballer
  • Tonny Wamulwa (born 1989), Zambian long-distance athlete
  • Tonny, Character in Pusher (film series)

Nickname[]

  • Tonny Eyk pseudonym of Teun Eikelboom, (born 1940), male Dutch musician and entertainer
  • Tonny Kessler, nickname of Hermann Anton Joseph Kessler (1889 – 1960), male Dutch football player
  • Tonny Koeswoyo, nickname of Koestono Koeswoyo (1936 – 27 March 1987), male Indonesian rock musician
  • Tonny Mols, nickname of Antonio Mols, (born 1969), male Belgian footballer
  • Tonny Sanabria, nickname of Arnaldo Antonio Sanabria Ayala (born 1996), male Paraguayan professional footballer
  • Tonny van der Linden, nickname of Anthonie van der Linden (1932 – 2017), male Dutch footballer
  • Tonny van Lierop, nickname of Antoine Robert Onslow van Lierop (1910 – 1982), male Dutch field hockey player

Middle name[]

  • Kipoi Tonny Nsubuga (born 1978), Ugandan politician

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Tonny". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Þonny". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
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