Anse

French
"cove"

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.

Famous People Named Anse

  • Anderson "Anse" Hatfield (of Hatfield and McCoys fame)

Anse in Pop Culture

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