Antwon

Where Antwon comes from

Anglicization of French Antoine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Antwon
  • French
Along the way
  1. 1958
    First appearance
    #3,944 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Antwon Hoard born
    French basketball player
  3. 1975
    Antwon Tanner born
    American actor
  4. 1984
    Peak, #638
    181 babies named Antwon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,401.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from French, equivalent to English Anthony.
Namesakes
  • Antwon Tanner · American actor, born 1975
  • Antwon Hoard · French basketball player, born 1972
  • Antwon Hicks · American male hurdler, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.