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

^ "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.