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, as well as a nickname. Notable people with this name include:

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
• Tonka Wojahn (born 1975), Bulgarian-born German politician

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, ' character
• Tonka, James Corden character in Twenty Four Seven, 1997 British film