Given name
Twan
Twan is a masculine given name from French. It is used in Dutch.
Original FrenchAntoine
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Twan developed from Antoine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Twan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 244
- 217 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 383 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Twan’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Twan developed from the French form Antoine. In Dutch usage, Twan has a related form in Anton. In Dutch usage, Twan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Antoine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
People named Twan
- Twan CastelijnsDutch bicycle racerborn 1989
- Twan van GendtDutch racing cyclistborn 1992
- Twan PoelsDutch racing cyclistborn 1963
- Twan Mrat NaingBurmese insurgent, Arakanese rebel commanderborn 1978
- Twan BurgDutch chess playerborn 1990
- Twan HuysDutch journalistborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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