Baby name

CLASSIC BOY · LATIN-FRENCH
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Antoine

/an · TWAHN/


“Priceless, flourishing”

French form of Anthony, from the Roman Antonius; the French inflection turns a common name into something with genuine Gallic elegance.

toine

warm

How it ages.

Ages well in France; classic without being stiff, formal without being cold.

The cultural moment.

Consistently popular in France and Belgium throughout the 20th century and into the 2010s.