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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Cree, Popular Culture, Apache
Other Forms FormsTantou, Tanto, Tonto
Meaning & History
Variation of Tonto, from Spanish tonto (“fool”), from Western Apache kounʼnde (“wild rough people”).
The stage name of Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal (1950-), a Canadian actress of Métis descent, who chose it because Tonto Cardinal was already being used in the Screen Actors Guild.
The stage name of Rose Marie "Tantoo" Cardinal (1950-), a Canadian actress of Métis descent, who chose it because Tonto Cardinal was already being used in the Screen Actors Guild.