Tonie

Tonie is a unisex given name: about 11% of people named Tonie are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 11%Female 89%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 11% male / 89% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Netherlands
US births since 1880: 347 male / 2,899 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Tonie

To address Tonie when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Tonie," in English, "Guten Tag Tonie," in German. About 11% of people named Tonie are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Tonie,

German

Guten Tag Tonie,

French

Bonjour Tonie,

Spanish

Estimado/a Tonie:

Chinese

Tonie您好：

Japanese

Tonie様

English

Hi Tonie,

German

Hi Tonie,

French

Salut Tonie,

Spanish

Hola Tonie,

Chinese

Tonie你好：

Japanese

Tonieさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Tonie by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	11%
Netherlands	rare	woman's name	25%

United States birth data

347 male · 2,899 female · 3,246 births recorded

Male 11%Female 89%

Since 1980: 8% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tonie a male or female name?

Tonie is a unisex given name: about 11% of people named Tonie are men and 89% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Tonie in an email?

Is Tonie a unisex name?

Tonie is not a unisex name: 11% of people named Tonie are men. Tonie leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Tonie a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tonie (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_tonie,
  title  = {Is Tonie a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/tonie},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}