This given name is derived from Toussaint, the French name for the Christian feast day All Saints' Day, which is celebrated on November 1st every year. The French name for the feast day is a contraction of French "tous les saints" meaning "all [of] the saints". [noted -ed]https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint (in French)French parents would bestow this name upon their sons in honour of All Saints' Day, especially if the child in question was actually born on All Saints' Day. An example of this is the French count and admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (1720-1791):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint-Guillaume_Picquet_de_la_Motte (in English)The given name first came into use in late medieval times and has never been particularly common in France. It eventually also came into use as a patronymic surname, in which form it is most commonly encountered in this day and age.http://prenoms.famili.fr/,Toussaint,2277,15970.asp (in French)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint (in French)
French parents would bestow this name upon their sons in honour of All Saints' Day, especially if the child in question was actually born on All Saints' Day. An example of this is the French count and admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (1720-1791):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint-Guillaume_Picquet_de_la_Motte (in English)
The given name first came into use in late medieval times and has never been particularly common in France. It eventually also came into use as a patronymic surname, in which form it is most commonly encountered in this day and age.
http://prenoms.famili.fr/,Toussaint,2277,15970.asp (in French)