Tonnerre
loc · Latin script
Meaning: thunder
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Tonnerre is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- PTPortugal
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
thunder
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henri Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerreb. 1540FRFrench soldier (1540-1573)
- Charles-Henri de Clermont-Tonnerreb. 1571FRearl of Clermont and Tonnerre
- François de Clermont-Tonnerreb. 1601FRFrench soldier
- Magdalena van Tonnerreb. 1635(1635-1701)
- Boisrond-Tonnerreb. 1776HTBoisrond-Tonnerre was a mulatto Haitian writer and historian. (1776-1806)
- Firmin Gémierb. 1865FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor and theatre director (1869–1933)
- Noël-Yves Tonnerreb. 1946FRFrench historian
- Jérôme Tonnerreb. 1959FRFrench screenwriter
- Dominique Tonnerreb. 1974FRFrench basketball player (born 1974)
- Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonnerreb. 1974FRFrench-Tunisian playwright, actor, and theatre director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 187 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 159 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 154 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 141 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 128 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 124 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 118 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 100 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 98 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 92 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 60 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 10 | #60,931 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tonnerre mean, and where does it come from?
- thunder Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Tonnerre have the most bearers?
- Tonnerre is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Tonnerre?
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tonnerre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.