Tonette
Tonette is a Norwegian and Swedish given name in use in Sweden and Norway whose popularity peaked in the late 1960s. The name is a diminutive form of Antonetta and Antona as well as an alternate form of Tone, Tona and Torny. Notable people with this name include the following:Tonette Lopez, Filipino transgender activist, HIV/AIDS researcher and journalist Tonette S.
Meaning & Origin of Tonette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tonette is a Norwegian and Swedish given name in use in Sweden and Norway whose popularity peaked in the late 1960s. The name is a diminutive form of Antonetta and Antona as well as an alternate form of Tone, Tona and Torny. Notable people with this name include the following:Tonette Lopez, Filipino transgender activist, HIV/AIDS researcher and journalist Tonette S.
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The Story of Tonette
The earliest SSA record of Tonette as a baby girl name dates back to 1939, when 7 babies received it. 1967 was its biggest year on record, with 73 newborns named Tonette — #1,255 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Tonette on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Tonette last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tonette
Tonette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1939 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Tonette's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #1,255. Use the chart and map above to compare Tonette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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