# Tony vs Tonya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tony
*name · IPA /ˈtoʊni/ · frequency rank #2,321*
A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony

### Tonya
*name · frequency rank #36,790*
A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia, from Russian

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tony-vs-tonya