The name Townes is a girl's name meaning "one who lived in a village".

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Townes entered baby name consciousness — as a girl name, at least — in 2024 when Hilary Duff and Matthew Koma chose it for their daughter, Townes Meadow. Townes is a more established choice for boys, among whom it's often associated with the late musician Townes Van Zandt.
 
With its fresh surname style and fashionable S ending, Townes is bound to take off. But like Banks — the name of Duff and Koma's oldest daughter — we predict that this celebrity baby name announcement will inspire more parents of sons than daughters.

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The name Townes is a boy's name meaning "one who lived in a town".

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America has fallen in love with Hayes and Brooks and Banks and Rhodes, and now, parents are turning to Townes. With its fashionable S ending and image that can read as preppy or country or cowboy, depending on the context, Townes feels destined for mainstream success.
 
Given to 116 boys in a recent year, Townes was virtually unheard of as a given name before the 2000s but has been a fast climbing choice since the 2010s. Blending the surname and plural name trends, it has also been used on a small handful of girls in recent years. 
 
Townes Van Zandt was a country and folk singer/songwriter.

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