Tõnis

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title: "Tõnis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["estonian-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names"] description: "Male given name" topic_path: "general/estonian-masculine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tõnis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Male given name ::

Tonis, Tõnis or Tönis is a masculine given name. Tõnis is an Estonian form of Anthony. Tönis is a Dutch and Swedish form of Tönnis and diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie and Antonis. Tonis is a Dutch diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie and Antonis. Tonis is a Lithuanian diminutive form of Antanas. Another variant of Tõnis in Estonian is Tõnu. It is also a surname. Persons bearing the name included:

Given name

• Tõnis Erilaid (1943–2025), Estonian journalist
• Tõnis Kaasik (born 1949), Estonian entrepreneur, fencer, environmentalist, and politician
• Tõnis Kalbus (1880–1942), Estonian lawyer and politician
• Tõnis Kalde (born 1976), Estonian football player
• Tõnis Kasemets (born 1974), Estonian race car driver
• Tõnis Kask (1929–2016), Estonian director
• Tõnis Kimmel (born 1977), Estonian architect
• Tõnis Kint (1896–1991), Estonian politician
• Tõnis Kõiv (born 1970), Estonian politician
• Tõnis Lukas (born 1962), Estonian politician
• Tõnis Mägi (born 1948), Estonian musician
• Tõnis Mölder (born 1989), Estonian politician
• Tõnis Palts (born 1953), Estonian businessman and politician
• Tõnis Rätsep (born 1947), Estonian actor, musician, playwright, and educator
• Tõnis Rotberg (1882–1953), Estonian army general
• Tõnis Sahk (born 1983), Estonian long jumper
• Tõnis Seesmaa (born 1955), Estonian politician and engineer
• Tõnis Soop (1937–2016), Estonian painter and teacher
• Tõnis Tootsen (born 1988), Estonian writer
• Tõnis Vint (1942–2019), Estonian artist

Surname

• Mike Tonis (born 1979), American baseball player

References

References

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