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The first name 
Tonio

Tonio is a first name for boys.

Tonio – a very rare name!

Recently, the name Tonio has been given only a handful of times a year and is therefore particularly rare, at least in the US. In recent years, not even one boy in 100,000 has been named Tonio. That means that a boy named Tonio is exceptional and may not meet another person with the same name his whole life.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Tonio

Tonio -
once in a blue moon

Do you know the feeling when you go to the zoo and the animal that is supposed to be in the enclosure is not there? You know it should be there, but you've never seen it? It's the same with Tonio. Boys named Tonio have made themselves scarce. But some parents got a taste for it a few years ago: At No. 2,261 Tonio ranked higher than ever before in 1990. By comparison, there have been 98 years in which the first name Tonio has not been given at all (or less than 5 times, which is the minimum number required for a name to be included in the statistics), most recently in 2021. In general, parents name their sons Tonio only once in a blue moon, so boys and men with this name can consider themselves exceptional!

In years where the graph has no value, the name Tonio was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

Tonio in 2022 – a precious jewel

In 2022, Tonio continues to be a precious jewel: 10 newborns were named Tonio that year, ranking #6,627 in the SmartGenius name statistics. If your baby's name is Tonio, you must have a flair for beautiful and rare names: Congratulations, your child is sure to feel unique.

Tonio has 5 letters 
and begins with a T

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter T is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names. That’s because 6.3% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.

With five letters, the name Tonio is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

With 6.3% of all boys' names that begin with the letter T, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. And Thomas is the boys’ name starting with T, which is the most common of all.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Tonio

If your name is Tonio and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Tonio

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Tonio, you can simply say:

Tiger

Orange

Nut

Igloo

Orange

This is how the name Tonio is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Tonio in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Tonio

Tonio

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Tonio

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Tonio is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

T
O
N
I
O

Have you ever waved the name Tonio

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

T
O
N
I
O

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Tonio sounds like this: