Tonka (name)

Tonka is a Croatian, Slovene and Slovak feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonia and Antonija used in Croatia and Slovenia,[1] as well as a nickname. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Tonka Obretenova (1812 – 1893), known as Baba Tonka, Bulgarian revolutionary
• Tonka Petrova (born 1947), Bulgarian middle-distance athlete
• Tonka Tomicic (born 1976), Chilean model

Nickname/Stage name

• Terell H. "Tonka" Hemingway (born 2001), American football player
• DJ Tonka, stage name of Thomas-René Gerlach (born 1973), male German electronic music artist.
• Tonka, nickname of Paul Chapman (musician) (1954–2020), Welsh rock guitarist
• Tonka, nickname of Ray Stewart (Scottish footballer) (born 1959), male Scottish footballer

Surname

• Hubert Tonka (born 1943), French sociologist and urban planner

Fictional characters

• Tonka, nickname of Kevin Tonkinson, Mike Bassett: Manager character
• Tonka, James Corden character in Twenty Four Seven, 1997 British film

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Tonka
• All pages with titles containing Tonka
• Tonka (disambiguation)
• Tonka, given name of Bully XIX (2000 – 2011), Mississippi State Bulldogs mascot (2001 – 2009), English Bulldog
• Donka (name)
• Tona (name)
• Tonda (name)
• Tonga (name)
• Tonja (name)
• Tonko
• Tonia (name)
• Tonra, a surname
• Tonya (given name)

Notes

1. "Tonka". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.