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The baby name Tony is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TOH-nee.

Tony is English, Latin in Origin.

Gender: Boy
Syllables: 2
Origin: English, Latin
Pronunciation: TOH-nee

What is the meaning of the name Tony ?

The baby name Tony is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TOH-nee.

Tony is English, Latin in Origin.

Tony is an English hypocoristic form of Anthony, using the familiar diminutive ending -y attached to the stressed syllable Ton-. Its source is Latin Antonius, the Roman nomen recorded in the Republican period; the family’s origin may be Etruscan, but no secure lexical root is known. Medieval and Renaissance associations with Greek anthos, flower, helped produce the spelling Anthony, though they do not supply the name’s original sense.

Independent use of Tony grew in Britain, Ireland, and North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, while Toni is the usual spelling in several European languages. The older Anthony tradition was reinforced by St. Antony the Great and St. Anthony of Padua, and by Marcus Antonius, Mark Antony. Cognate forms include Antonio, Antoine, Anton, Antoni, and Antonius. In the United States Tony was common mid-century but has since receded.

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Famous people with the name Tony

Tony Blair Politician · Born 1953 · United Kingdom Tony Blair is best known for serving as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. He played a significant role in the Northern Ireland peace process and supported the US in the Iraq War. Blair also led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories. Anthony Hopkins Actor · Born 1937 · United States Anthony Hopkins is a distinguished actor best known for his chilling portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs'. Born in 1937, he has captivated audiences with roles in films like 'The Remains of the Day' and 'The Father'. Anthony Eden Politician · Born 1897 · United Kingdom Anthony Eden was a British politician best known for serving as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. He played a significant role during the Suez Crisis, which ultimately affected his political career. Before becoming Prime Minister, he was the Foreign Secretary and was involved in key diplomatic efforts during and after World War II.
Antony Blinken Politician · Born 1962 · United States Antony Blinken is best known as the United States Secretary of State, serving under President Joe Biden. He has played a significant role in shaping U.S. foreign policy and has been involved in key diplomatic efforts around the world. Blinken's career also includes serving as Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama administration. Anthony Quinn Actor · Born 1915 · United States Anthony Quinn was a Mexican-American actor best known for his roles in films like 'Zorba the Greek' and 'Lawrence of Arabia'. He won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in 'Viva Zapata!' and 'Lust for Life'. Anthony Albanese Politician · Born 1963 · Australia Anthony Albanese is an Australian politician who became the Prime Minister of Australia in 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party and has served in various ministerial roles throughout his career. Albanese is known for his focus on infrastructure and social policies.

Tony – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Boys 2025 #1 — 836
FJ 0 #6 1 374
HK Boys 0 #7 6,775 12,905
KR 0 #8 1 201
CN Boys 0 #9 1,599 9,639
CN 0 #11 94 3,857
SV 0 #11 1 283
TW Boys 0 #11 752 7,111
BI 0 #12 1 425
MO 0 #14 39 2,706
FJ Boys 0 #17 1 603
MO Boys 0 #17 448 5,842
BW 0 #18 2 960
HK 0 #21 685 8,483
HN 0 #22 1 704
KR Boys 0 #22 6 897
MT 0 #26 18 1,767
BN 0 #27 6 2,297
HT Boys 0 #27 8 903
MT Boys 0 #27 298 4,064
ID 0 #28 12 2,238
SV Boys 0 #28 1 352
NA 0 #33 1 2,537
LB 0 #34 3,530 13,263
ID Boys 0 #36 120 4,130
TM Boys 0 #36 1 614
TW 0 #36 68 4,523
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
BI Boys 0 #42 3 917
GE 0 #44 1 997
PR 0 #46 10 1,497
CM 0 #48 9 2,592
CY Boys 0 #48 113 3,473
HN Boys 0 #48 5 749
CY 0 #53 8 1,632
NL Boys 2014 #55 13 79
LU 0 #56 11 2,830
NG 0 #56 267 5,926
SG Boys 0 #57 2,162 17,960
BN Boys 0 #60 75 6,332
JP 0 #61 17 4,057
AO 0 #62 15 2,729
IN 0 #66 6 2,963
BG 0 #67 14 1,799
JM 0 #67 21 3,714
MV Boys 0 #67 11 3,375
BW Boys 0 #69 86 4,685
QA 0 #69 32 7,011
AL 0 #71 6 2,372
AF 0 #75 2 1,883
AO Boys 0 #76 243 5,568
NG Boys 0 #76 7,212 16,906
PH 0 #76 21 5,607
PR Boys 0 #76 134 2,508
MY Boys 0 #77 4,263 25,439
OM 0 #80 37 6,215
SI 0 #80 1 1,612
MD Boys 0 #81 1 756
RS 0 #83 2 923
AE 0 #84 94 10,220
LU Boys 0 #84 166 4,970
KZ 0 #94 1 1,452
SD 0 #94 9 2,130
PA 0 #96 35 3,797
JM Boys 0 #97 254 6,876
CR Boys 0 #98 1,223 10,188
KW 0 #99 18 5,216
IT Boys 0 #101 26,957 10,046
ID Girls 0 #102 1 3,319
CR 0 #103 56 5,526
PT Boys 0 #103 825 7,951
EC 0 #106 10 2,502
GE Boys 0 #106 5 2,055
CZ Boys 0 #112 346 6,530
EE Boys 0 #112 14 2,087
BN Girls 0 #114 1 5,459
SG 0 #114 176 11,010
MX Boys 0 #115 8,336 16,355
GR 0 #116 19 3,911
Finland Boys 0 #119 799 2,041
GT Boys 0 #119 1,001 7,625
CY Girls 0 #124 2 3,755
MU Boys 0 #124 307 8,477
GH Boys 0 #125 412 8,138
Norway Boys 2020 #126 5 416
GR Boys 0 #126 165 6,912
PH Boys 0 #126 356 11,440
AZ Boys 0 #128 4 1,400
IQ 0 #129 5 3,533
Switzerland Boys 2024 #131 7 1,769
Spain Boys 0 #131 4,581 5,610
MU 0 #131 7 3,613
PA Boys 0 #133 778 9,305
JO 0 #135 6 2,158
HR Boys 0 #138 161 3,997
MY 0 #139 211 12,352
BG Boys 0 #141 84 3,850
MT Girls 0 #141 11 3,773
LT Boys 0 #145 7 2,166
BW Girls 0 #146 6 4,216
EG Boys 0 #148 4,505 15,035
RS Boys 0 #149 6 2,277
ZA Boys 0 #149 4,349 25,619
HU Boys 0 #152 23 3,954
JP Boys 0 #160 150 7,909
HR 0 #161 19 2,081
CZ 0 #162 24 3,154
Finland Boys 2026 #165 2,716 3,552
PR Girls 0 #167 1 3,171
PE Boys 0 #170 3,235 14,506
SY 0 #171 1,516 11,684
ZA 0 #173 299 14,421
RU 0 #174 16 3,641
SI Girls 0 #175 3 2,769
UY 0 #175 8 2,477
EC Boys 0 #177 64 3,322
Sweden Boys 2022 #179 4 1,509
UY Boys 0 #179 425 5,922
NA Boys 0 #180 56 6,830
DK 0 #183 21 5,198
AR 0 #186 8 2,915
PS 0 #186 33 5,692
LU Girls 0 #187 4 4,850
BG Girls 0 #188 36 3,559
GH 0 #193 51 5,396
GT 0 #193 124 5,948
RU Boys 0 #193 527 12,621
SI Boys 0 #193 17 3,402
AR Boys 0 #197 554 7,628
MX 0 #199 243 8,339
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
SA 0 #202 94 10,560
BR Boys 0 #204 1,684 12,213
IR 0 #204 26 4,221
NL Boys 0 #204 2,044 5,873
Belgium Boys 2011 #205 23 411
AL Boys 0 #205 97 5,122
DK Boys 0 #205 129 7,401
CM Boys 0 #209 554 12,054
PL 0 #209 4 2,600
PT 0 #210 37 4,161
AO Girls 0 #214 4 4,575
Finland 0 #215 99 830
BD 0 #216 12 5,992
Germany Boys 0 #219 1,964 5,697
Spain 0 #227 276 2,326
IT 0 #227 1,141 4,183
IL 0 #231 44 6,291
NA Girls 0 #234 4 7,146
PE 0 #236 75 6,350
KZ Boys 0 #241 49 6,578
MO Girls 0 #241 11 7,056
France Boys 2021 #248 150 2,865
GR Girls 0 #248 2 6,293
JP Girls 0 #251 1 6,592
EG 0 #252 178 6,387
EC Girls 0 #258 1 3,650
IL Boys 0 #268 469 10,983
AF Boys 0 #271 4 3,535
SD Boys 0 #272 184 10,523
JM Girls 0 #273 6 7,507
PL Boys 0 #276 60 6,459
NL 0 #278 116 2,481
Canada Boys 2024 #279 28 2,588
IR Boys 0 #283 367 10,162
TW Girls 0 #283 7 8,139
PS Boys 0 #291 313 10,655
HR Girls 0 #293 2 3,687
BR 0 #302 44 5,969
Austria Boys 0 #306 140 2,180
JO Boys 0 #307 71 7,057
BO Boys 0 #308 415 9,244
KZ Girls 0 #309 12 5,862
QA Boys 0 #311 475 18,093
CO Boys 0 #313 1,358 15,656
KW Boys 0 #320 575 18,755
YE 0 #324 58 8,639
DK Girls 0 #327 3 7,429
SD Girls 0 #327 19 7,678
Germany 0 #331 109 2,542
GH Girls 0 #331 7 6,973
CN Girls 0 #332 18 8,829
BO 0 #336 46 6,868
JO Girls 0 #338 2 7,570
QA Girls 0 #338 6 15,378
CZ Girls 0 #343 9 5,378
MU Girls 0 #359 4 8,539
PL Girls 0 #362 3 5,096
AE Boys 0 #368 1,192 22,615
CL Boys 0 #370 404 13,390
BH 0 #372 182 17,937
PH Girls 0 #372 19 13,098
OM Girls 0 #386 11 15,987
CL 0 #390 22 6,867
LY 0 #395 143 12,703
BD Girls 0 #402 5 8,413
France Girls 2016 #406 3 3,228
OM Boys 0 #425 589 17,948
IQ Boys 0 #426 260 13,071
CO 0 #431 50 7,768
GT Girls 0 #457 49 7,500
RU Girls 0 #460 39 11,913
BD Boys 0 #462 117 10,045
PT Girls 0 #467 5 7,952
PA Girls 0 #471 11 9,861
IQ Girls 0 #479 26 11,303
KW Girls 0 #485 31 19,177
PS Girls 0 #489 35 10,981
UY Girls 0 #501 10 6,731
CM Girls 0 #509 32 11,671
CR Girls 0 #517 16 11,342
IL Girls 0 #531 87 11,648
AE Girls 0 #533 21 20,968
IR Girls 0 #537 9 8,334
HK Girls 0 #557 59 16,104
SG Girls 0 #569 18 18,916
MX Girls 0 #583 897 17,781
NG Girls 0 #585 208 15,093
United States Boys 2024 #596 313 7,044
IN Girls 0 #616 16 13,121
AR Girls 0 #622 9 8,289
IN Boys 0 #636 393 16,750
BO Girls 0 #645 7 9,488
DZ 0 #648 623 20,130
SA Boys 0 #649 1,527 28,008
TN 0 #660 172 13,765
Spain Girls 0 #669 336 5,561
EG Girls 0 #718 247 14,742
Finland Girls 2026 #727 12 3,895
NL Girls 0 #775 181 5,933
Germany Girls 0 #795 44 4,949
MA 0 #831 303 20,986
CL Girls 0 #837 15 14,098
SA Girls 0 #856 80 25,931
United States Girls 2019 #908 5 8,965
MY Girls 0 #910 85 24,821
PE Girls 0 #915 29 14,861
BR Girls 0 #922 20 12,708
IT Girls 0 #960 523 9,415
ZA Girls 0 #971 171 25,928
TR 0 #977 237 19,440
CO Girls 0 #1,049 30 16,140

Tony is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Norway
NL
Ireland
Scotland, United Kingdom

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People also ask about Tony

Tony is a unisex name, given to both boys and girls.
Tony is a 2 syllable name, pronounced TOH-nee.
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Toni, Anthony, Antony, Antonius, Antonio and António.
Yes, very popular — Tony ranked #1 in Ireland in 2025, and appears in official birth registries across 11 countries.
Tony ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2025).
Yes — 39 notable people named Tony are in our database, including Tony Blair (Politician), Anthony Hopkins (Actor), Anthony Eden (Politician).