# Tonya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,790

## Definitions
1. A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia, from Russian

## Etymology
Phonetic rendering of Russian То́ня (Tónja), an informal pet form of Антони́на (Antonína, “Antonina”).

## Easily confused with
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonya-vs-toy)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonya-vs-toys)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonya-vs-tory)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonya-vs-tuna)
- **tora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonya-vs-tora)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ton-vs-tonya)
- **toa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tonya)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tony-vs-tonya)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiny-vs-tonya)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tone-vs-tonya)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tons-vs-tonya)
- **Tina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tina-vs-tonya)
- **toby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tonya)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toni-vs-tonya)
- **tong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tong-vs-tonya)
- **Tana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tonya)
- **toga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toga-vs-tonya)
- **tonk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonk-vs-tonya)
- **toma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toma-vs-tonya)
- **Tokyo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-tonya)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otnya`, `tnoya`, `tonay`, `tonnya`, `tonyya`, `toyna`, `ttonya`

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