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, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio.[1] Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

Nickname/stagename

  • Tonio K (born Steven M. Krikorian, 1950), American singer/songwriter
  • Tonio Selwart, nickname of Antonio Franz Theus Selmair-Selwart (1896 – 2002), German actor
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi known as Tonio (born 1980), Italian racing driver

Fictional character

  • Tonio, the baritone fool in the Italian opera, Pagliacci

See also

Notes

  1. "Tonio". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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