Given name & surname
Toussaint
“all saints”
Toussaint is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “all saints.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “all saints.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toussaint through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 527
- 527 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,025 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +76%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,025 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 75.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 559 as a first name in 2020; 8,143 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Toussaint’s family of names
In French usage, Toussaint shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Tossint. Toussaint has a related form in Toussaent. In French usage, Toussaint has a conventional equivalent in the Walloon form Tossint.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Toussaint
- Toussaint DubreuilFrench painter (1561-1602)
- Toussaint de Forbin-JansonFrench Cardinal and bishop1631–1713
- Toussaint CharbonneauAmerican explorer (1767-1843)
- Toussaint von CharpentierGerman geologist and entomologist (1779-1847)
- Toussaint RoseFrench writer (1611-1701)
- Toussaint NatamaBurkinabe footballer (1982–2024)
- Toussaint-Henry-Joseph FafchampsBelgian inventor (1783-1868)
- Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la MotteFrench admiral1720–1791
- Toussaint RabenalaMadagascan athletics competitor (born 1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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