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 [ 2 syll. an-toi-ne, ant-o-ine ] The boy name Antoine is pronounced aaNTWAAN KEY. Antoine's language of origin is Latin, and it is predominantly used in French and Irish. Antoine is a variant form of the English Anthony. See also the related forms, the English Antwan and the English Antwon. Antoine is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name increased in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 1976, 0.044% of baby boys were named Antoine. Its ranking then was #271. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency. In 2008, it ranked at #693 with a usage of 0.016%, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after the English Anthony, within all boy names in its group. Its use outnumbered Antoine's by 54 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Antoine include the Irish Antain, the Irish Antaine, the Russian Antin, the Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Ukrainian Anton, the Galician Antón, the Basque Antton, the Slavic Antun, the English Antwan, the English Antwon, the East Indian Amitan, the Basque Andoni, the Irish Anntoin, the English Anthoney, the English Anthony, the Irish Antoin, the Catalan and Polish Antoni, the Dutch Antonie, the Czech, French, and Polish Antonin, the Czech Antonín, and the Esperanto Antono. KEY: English pronunciation for Antoine: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
