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Tonja

Tonja: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“priceless one”
Origin
Russian
Say it
TAHN-yuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Variant of Tanya/Tanja, a diminutive of Tatiana. The name Tatiana is of uncertain Roman origin, but the commonly cited meaning in baby-name use comes through Latin associations with value.

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How popular is Tonja?

20240 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tonja in 20240

Peak year1967

Total US babies since 18806,994

Tonja was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Tonja

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Tatianaof the house of Tatius · Latin
  • Taniafrom Tatiana · Russian
  • Tanyapriceless one · Russian
  • Tonyapriceless one · Latin
  • Tatiannaof the family of Tatius · Latin
  • Tatyanaof the Roman clan Tatianus · Russian
  • Latonyamodern elaboration of Tonya · American (modern coinage)
  • Anyagrace · Russian

Tonja questions

What does the name Tonja mean?

Tonja means "priceless one". It comes from Russian. Variant of Tanya/Tanja, a diminutive of Tatiana. The name Tatiana is of uncertain Roman origin, but the commonly cited meaning in baby-name use comes through Latin associations with value.

Is Tonja a boy or girl name?

Tonja is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tonja?

Tonja was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1967.

How do you pronounce Tonja?

Tonja is usually pronounced TAHN-yuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.