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Tonio

Tonio is a masculine given name, typically a diminutive of Antonio or Antonius. It is used in Italian and Spanish-speaking contexts and, less commonly, as an independent given name in German- and Dutch-speaking regions. The name is related to variants such as Antonio, Anton, and Tony, with Toni as another common short form in some languages.

In culture and literature, Tonio appears in several notable works. In Thomas Mann’s novella Tonio Kröger (1903),

As a given name, Tonio can be found across Italian, Spanish, and German-speaking contexts, often used without

Tonio
is
the
title
character,
a
young
artist
who
wrestles
with
his
artistic
ambitions
and
his
bourgeois
upbringing.
In
the
world
of
opera,
Tonio
is
a
character
in
Ruggero
Leoncavallo’s
Pagliacci
(1892);
he
is
a
clown
within
the
troupe
who
informs
Canio
of
Nedda’s
infidelity,
helping
to
drive
the
drama
of
the
plot.
further
expansion
as
a
standalone
name.
The
name
carries
no
single
association
beyond
these
cultural
usages
and
tends
to
appear
in
both
historical
and
contemporary
settings,
reflecting
its
status
as
a
familiar,
regional
variant
of
Antonio.