Toussaint Name Origin and Family Crest

Families named Toussaint share a French surname with a long history. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “descendant of Toussaint (all saints)”.

Arms associated with the name

If a Toussaint family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows.

Surname origin

Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name.

The 2010 census count for Toussaint in the United States was 7,441, good for rank 4,759. French civil records give 16,445 births under the name Toussaint from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. Get the complete Toussaint report, with a museum-style coat of arms.