Name

Name TONTO

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 1 birth of Tonto in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Tonto per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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En Français

Prénom Tonto
In Italiano

Nome Tonto

Information about the first name Tonto

The first name Tonto has been assigned to:

0.00% to boys
100.00% to girls

The country where the first name Tonto is the most common is:

Alberta

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Tonto

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Tonto : Otton

Tonto in Japanese ^*

Romaji	tonto
Katakana	トント
Hiragana	とんと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Tonto in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Tonto

English

Etymology

From Spanish tonto (“fool, idiot”), the Spanish name for the tribe, a calque of Western Apache kounʼnde (“wild rough people”). The fictional character (described as Comanche or Potawatomi) either from Potawatomi or named after Tonto Basin, Arizona.

Etymology

From Spanish tonto (“stupid, foolish; idiot, fool”), of uncertain etymology. Originally in US use but now chiefly British. Cf. earlier Tonto, with which it is sometimes confused.

Etymology (Noun)

tonto (plural tontos)
(slang) Synonym of idiot: someone who is foolish or stupid.

Etymology (Noun)

tonto (uncountable)
a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas

Anagrams

Toton

Anagrams

Toton

Noun

Tonto (plural Tontos)
A sidekick.
A Native American who accepts a subservient position to a white person.

Proper noun

Tonto
(fiction) The Native American sidekick of the Lone Ranger.
A member of the Tonto Apaches.

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Latin attonitus has been proposed, but there are phonological difficulties, namely unexpected loss of initial /a/ and lack of diphthongization; cf. the expected outcome atuendo. Tonto may have an expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Another hypothesis is that it derives from *tontum, a 'vulgar' past participle for Latin tondeo (“to shear”). Compare Italian tonto, Portuguese tonto, and Romanian tont, tânt.

Adjective

tonto (feminine tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas)
stupid
Synonyms: bobo, estúpido, idiota, retrasado, subnormal, tarado
silly, foolish
Synonym: bobo

Noun

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)
a fool, a stupid person

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtonto/ [ˈt̪õn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -onto
Syllabification: ton‧to

Adjective (Descendants)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tunto
→ Tagalog: tonto

Noun (Usage notes)

Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning.