Anse

French
"cove"
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Anse Origin and Meaning

The name Anse is a boy's name of German, French origin meaning "cove".

Name of Faulkner's great emotional villain in As I Lay Dying, Anse is not ordinarily used as a first name. It literally means cove in French, though the element ans means God in Old German and is found in names such as Ansel and Anselm.

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The name Anse in Pop Culture

  • Anse Bundren
    character in William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying"