did the name tony start as To Ny meaning To New York??

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did the name tony start as To Ny meaning To New York??

2007-05-26 13:01:58 · 5 answers · asked by Tony N 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy

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No, they were named after Antoinette Perry, called "Tony"
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html

2007-05-26 13:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No, it is a short form of the name Antony (or Anthony) . People in general are lazy and will just naturally shorten words. I doubt that there was any hidden meaning like "To New York"

2007-05-27 09:15:16 · answer #2 · answered by HSK's mama 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

No it's just an old Italian myth

2007-05-26 20:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by meggus31 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

While you're here, is there a genealogy question we may try to help with?

2007-05-27 00:06:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Yes, Anthony, you're right. It did.

2007-05-26 20:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋