Tonko is a
South Slavic masculine given name.
In
Croatian, it is a
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...
of the name
Antun Antun () is a masculine given name used in Croatia and among people of Croatian descent elsewhere. It is a common given name, cognate to the name Anthony. Other such Croatian names include Ante, Anton and Toni.
Antun is also a surname found in S ...
and other cognates of
Antonius
Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, Finnish language, Finnish, Latin language, Latin, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish name used in Gre ...
.
It is found in
Slovene as a diminutive form of
Anton,
Antonij, and
Antonijo Antonijo is a Croatian and Slovene given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
* Antonijo Ježina (born 1989), Croatian football
*Antonijo Pranjič (born 1985), Slovenian footballer
* Antonijo Zupan (born 1976), Croatian foot ...
in
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
.
Given name
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Tonko Lonza (1930 – 2018), Croatian actor
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Tonko Soljan
Tonko Soljan is a Croatian American film and television producer known best for the PBS acquired documentary film '' Beyond Our Differences'' and the broadly distributed feature film '' Adrift in Manhattan'' starring Heather Graham, William Bald ...
, Croatian American film and television producer
Surname
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Paul Tonko
Paul David Tonko ( ; born June 18, 1949) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2013. He represented the 21st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Tonko has been called a ...
(born 1949), American politician
See also
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Tanko (name)
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Tenko (disambiguation)
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Tokko (disambiguation)
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Toko (disambiguation)
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Tondo (disambiguation)
Tondo may refer to:
* Tondo (art), a circular painting or sculpture
* Tondo, Manila, a district of Manila
* Tondo (historical polity), an early historic polity on the north side of the Pasig River delta in Luzon, Philippines; a predecessor of the ...
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Tongo (disambiguation)
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Tonho (name)
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Tonio (name) Tonio is an Italian and Spanish given name and nickname in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador ...
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Tonk (disambiguation)
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Tonka (name)
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Tono (name) Tono or Toño is a masculine given name or nickname that is a diminutive form. Tono is a Catalan, Galician and Spanish diminutive form of Anton, Antoni and Antonio and Toño is a Spanish diminutive form of Antonio. Both spellings are in use in ...
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Tonto (disambiguation)
Notes
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Croatian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names