Toniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- toh-NEE-yuh
- Origin
- Latin
Toniya is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Toniya mean?
Latin: variant of Tonia, short form of Antonia
Variant of Tonia, a short form of Antonia, the feminine form of the Roman family name Antonius.
Is Toniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Toniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Toniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Toniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Toniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Nicknames for Toniya
- Toni 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Toniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Julia, Aliya, Tiana, Paulina, Camila, Dakota, Dayana, Amaya, Sophia, Chiara, Isabella, Talia
Names related to Toniya
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Toniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toniya, updated 20 October 2026.