Twan
Template:Anthony Twan is a Dutch masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antonius, Anton, Antoon, Anthonis, Anthoon, Antonie and Antonis used in Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa, Namibia, Indonesia and Suriname.[1][2] It is a phonetic spelling of "Toine", short for "Antoine", the French form of Anthony/Antonius.[3] People with the name include:
- Twan Castelijns (born 1989), Dutch cyclist
- Twan Burg (born 1991), Dutch chess grandmaster
- Twan van Gendt (born 1992), Dutch cyclist
- Twan Huys (born 1964), Dutch journalist, television presenter, and author.
- Twan Poels, nickname of Antonius Johannes Petrus Poels, (born 1963), Dutch cyclist
- Twan Russell (born 1974), American football linebacker
- Twan Scheepers (born 1971), Dutch footballer
- Twan Smits (born 1985), Dutch footballer
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Twan
- All pages with titles containing Twan
- TWAN (disambiguation)
- Twan, a character in the 2005 rap opera Trapped in the Closet
- Twan River District, a district of Liberia
References
- ^ "Twan". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Instituut, Meertens. "NVB : voornaam Twan". Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
- ^ Gauche, Isebell (2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds!. Cape Town: Struik Christian Media. pp. 328–329. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9. OCLC 779141315. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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