Tonis

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/tonis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Tonis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Venezuela than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 7K(inferred from the name graph)
  • LTLithuania≈1 in 39K
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 103K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Venezuela (inferred from the name graph)

≈270 people, est.

Sources
50 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Tonis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Tonis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VE Venezuela—≈270 est.≈1 in 105K—Tonis8
EE Estonia#579≈180 est.≈1 in 7K1.8KTonis50
BR Brazil—1661 in 1.3M260Tonis24
US United States—≈100 est.≈1 in 3.3MlistedTonis33
HN Honduras—≈85 est.≈1 in 108K—Tonis2
LT Lithuania—≈69 est.≈1 in 39Klisted——
SV El Salvador—≈63 est.≈1 in 103K—Tonis6

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); the lt-vlkk-vardai register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Tonis is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Tõnis, Toñis, Tönis

  • German given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Estonia, Austria

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Tönis, Toni'S, Toenis, Tõnis

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Tõnis

  • Greek given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, Cyprus, United States

    Also written Τωνης, Τώνης, Tones, Τονις, Tõnis

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Tőnis, Țoniș, Tõnis, Tönis

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Estonia

    Also written Tõnis, Tönis

  • Swedish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Tõnis, Tónis, Tönis

  • Russian given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Estonia, Netherlands, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Тынис, Тонис, Tõnis, Тоніс, Tynis

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Tonis is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, dative/ablative plural of tonus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Runas, balss skanējuma īpatnību kopums, kurā izpaužas runas satura, psihiskā stāvokļa nianses, sastāvdaļas; arī intonācija (1)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Nianse, uzbūves elements (parasti vienai un tai pašai spektra, arī melnai, pelēkai, baltai krāsai, arī gaismēnai)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Periodisku svārstību radīta skaņa ar labi uztveramu augstumu; muzikāla skaņa

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Skaņa ar noteiktām īpašībām (skaņdarbā, mūzikas skaņu sistēmā u. tml.)

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Pieklājība, uzvedība, to normu kopums

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Tonis,Hi Tonis, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Tonis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—260#9,741
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—241#22,613
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022166—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—164#29,015
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000146—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990104—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198052—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)198052—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)199042—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)197026—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)197026—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)200020—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Tonis?
A machine transcription gives /tonis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Tonis a male or female name?
Tonis is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Tonis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 274 people named Tonis in Venezuela, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tonis.
How common is the name Tonis?
In Brazil, the national register counted 166 people named Tonis in 2022, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Tonis compared with other names?
In Estonia, Tonis is the 579th most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tonis” — the 579th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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