Tonko is a South Slavic masculine given name.
In
Croatian, it is a
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', 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 I ...
of the name
Antun Antun () is a Croatian masculine given name used in Croatia. 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 Syria.
Given name
*Antun Augustinči ...
and other cognates of
Antonius
Antonius is a masculine given name, as well as a surname. Antonius is a Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin, Norwegian, and Swedish name used in Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, part of the Republic of Karelia, Estonia, Belgium, Netherlands, ...
.
It is found in
Slovene as a diminutive form of
Anton
Anton may refer to: People
*Anton (given name), including a list of people with the given name
*Anton (surname)
Places
*Anton Municipality, Bulgaria
**Anton, Sofia Province, a village
*Antón District, Panama
**Antón, a town and capital of th ...
,
Antonij, and
Antonijo Antonijo is a Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
*Antonijo Ježina (born 1989), Croatian football
*Antonijo Pranjič (born 1985), Slovenian footballer
*Antonijo ...
in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
.
Given name
*
Tonko Lonza
Tonko Lonza (29 September 1930 – 23 December 2018) was a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1959.
Filmography
Awards
* Vladimir Nazor Award
The Vladimir Nazor Award ( hr, Nagrada Vladimir Nazor) is a Croatian prize ...
(1930 – 2018), Croatian actor
*
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 sta ...
(born 1949), American politician
See also
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Tanko (name) Tanko may refer to the following people:
*Tanko Braimah (born 1979), Ghanaian sprinter
* Tanko Dyakov (born 1984), Bulgarian football defender
*Tanko Serafimov (1942–2013), Bulgarian architect
*Tanko Yakasai (born 1926), Nigerian politician an ...
*
Tenko (disambiguation) Tenko may refer to:
* Tenko (fox)
* ''Tenko'' (TV series), a joint BBC/Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television drama
*Tenkō, the ideological reversal of Japanese socialists between 1925 and 1945
People
*Princess Tenko, a Japanese mag ...
*
Tokko (disambiguation)
*
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 ...
*
Tongo (disambiguation) Tongo may refer to:
Places
* Tongo, Ghana, town in Bolgatanga region of northeast Ghana
* Tongo, Sierra Leone, or Tongoma, town in Kenema District of eastern Sierra Leone
** Tongo Field, home ground of its football club the Gem Stars
* Tongo, Et ...
*
Tonho (name) Tonho is a Portuguese language, Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese) masculine nickname and given name that is a diminutive form of Antônio and António used in Brazil. Notable people with this name include the following.
Nickname
*Antônio dos Santo ...
*
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, Ecua ...
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Tonk (disambiguation)
Tonk may refer to:
Places India
* Tonk, India, city in Rajasthan
** Tonk (Lok Sabha constituency),
** Tonk district
** Tonk State, Indian princely state (1806–1949)
* Tonk, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Tonk Khurd, a town i ...
*
Tonka (name) Tonka is a Croatian, Slovene and Slovak feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonia and Antonija used in Croatia and Slovenia, as well as a nickname. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
* Tonka Obretenov ...
*
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 S ...
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Tonto (disambiguation)
Tonto is the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger, an American Western character.
Tonto may also refer to:
People
* Tonto Apache, one of the groups of Western Apache people in the US
* Tonto Dikeh (born 1985), Nigerian actress, singer, and phila ...
Notes
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Croatian masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names