About Toronto
The name "Toronto" is derived from the Mohawk word "tkaronto," which means "where there are trees standing in the water." This name refers to the fishing weirs that were once used by Indigenous peoples in the area, which resembled trees standing in Lake Ontario. Today, Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital of Ontario.
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Most individuals with the name Toronto are male.
The popularity of the name has decreased by -28.57% over the past year.
Here's how to represent Toronto in Braille, with each pattern of raised dots corresponding to a letter of the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Toronto using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.