Tone: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tone – Origin: English and Norwegian – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: TOO-nuh


Tone is an English and Norwegian unisex name. It appears in our list of 175+ Scandinavian Baby Girl Names That Are Beautifully Strong.

Meaning & Origin of Tone

Origin: English and Norwegian.

A common claim: Widely said to mean 'thunder.' Actually: Tone is often linked to Norse Thor-names and glossed as 'thunder,' but it's better attested as a short form connected to Anthony or Antonie, with no independent meaning of its own.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tone

Phonetic: TOO-nuh   IPA: /ˈtuːnə/

Popularity of Tone

Tone doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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