Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Toni
/TOH · nee/
Meaning
“Praiseworthy, flourishing”
Feminine diminutive of Antonius (Latin 'antonius', invaluable, relating to Marcus Antonius), popularized as standalone name 1950s onward.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
playfultimeless
How it ages.
Toni boomed as a unisex or feminine short form 1960-1990 in English-speaking countries and is now perceived dated-to-retro.
The cultural moment.
United States and UK saw Toni enter top-100 1970-1990, peaked around 1980; now minimal use among Gen-Z births.