Tonibler

{{short description|Male given name}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

{{Infobox given name

| name = Tonibler

| image= Tony Blair in Kosovo with children named after him2.jpg

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| caption= Tony Blair in Kosovo, 9 July 2010, meeting children named after him

| pronunciation=

| gender = Male

| meaning =

| region = Kosovo

| origin = Former British prime minister Tony Blair

| variant forms = Toni, Bler

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Tonibler ({{langx|sq|Tonibler}}) is a male given name in Kosovo, given in honour of Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, following his role in the 1999 NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. Blair was considered instrumental in removing Slobodan Milošević from power, and boys born following the war were sometimes given the name Toni or Tonibler.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10576544 |title=Namesakes welcome Tony Blair during Kosovo visit |publisher=BBC |work=BBC News |date=9 July 2010 |access-date=4 January 2012}}

In 2010, Blair made a visit to Kosovo where he met several boys bearing the name.{{cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |title=Meet the Kosovan Albanians who named their sons after Tony Blair |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/20/kosovan-albanians-name-children-tony-blair-tonibler |work=The Guardian |date=20 June 2014|access-date=25 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/named-after-tony-in-the-land-where-blair-is-king-2023127.html|title=Named after Tony in the land where Blair is king|work=The Independent|first=Ben |last=Chu|date= 10 July 2010|accessdate=12 January 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220706111548/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/named-after-tony-in-the-land-where-blair-is-king-2023127.html|archive-date=6 July 2022|url-status=live}} He returned to the country in June 2024, where he met five adult men with the name alongside Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani.{{cite news |last1=Starcevic |first1=Seb|title=Tony Blair meets Tonibler, Tonibler, Tonibler, Tonibler and Tonibler |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/tony-blair-meets-tonibler-tonibler-tonibler-tonibler-and-tonibler/ |work=Politico Europe |date=11 June 2024|access-date=13 June 2024}}

Other names such as Klinton and Madeleine, from U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright respectively, are also popular in Kosovo for similar reasons.{{cite news |title=ToniBler and Klinton: Gratitude for West lives on in Kosovar names |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190321-tonibler-klinton-gratitude-west-lives-kosovar-names |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=France24 |date=21 March 2019}}