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Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Norwegian |
Meaning | thunder + new |
Region of origin | Norway |
Other names | |
Related names | Tone |
Tonje is a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish feminine given name that originated from Old Norse as a short form of Antona and a variant of Torny that is in use in Denmark, Greenland, Norway and Sweden.[1]
Origin
It has several origins:[2]
Notable people
- Tonje Angelsen (born 1990), Norwegian high jumper
- Tonje Berglie (born 1992), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Enkerud (born 1994), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Hessen Schei (born 1971), Norwegian film director, producer and screenwriter.
- Tonje Kjærgaard (born 1975), Danish handball player
- Tonje Kristiansen (born 1967), Norwegian sailor
- Tonje Larsen (born 1975), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Løseth (born 1991), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Haug Lerstad (born 1996), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Nøstvold (born 1985), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Sagstuen (born 1971), Norwegian handball player
- Tonje Strøm (1937 – 2010), Norwegian painter and illustrator
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Tonje
- All pages with titles containing Tonje
- Tonja (name)
- Tonya (name)
- Tonia (name)
- Tonie (name)
- Tania (name)
- Tanja (name)
- Tanya (name)
- Tonye
References
- ↑ "Tonje". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ↑ Nordic Names: Tonje
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