Boy · French
Toussaint
Say it: too-SAN
Meaning
French 'All Saints', often given to boys born around All Saints' Day.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in New France and the French Caribbean.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 447 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1972, about 1 in 73,700 boys
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Toussaint Louverture, leader of the Haitian Revolution
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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