Twan

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

1. "Twan". Name-doctor.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
2. Instituut, Meertens. "NVB : voornaam Twan". Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-12-18.
3. 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.