# Constantine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/constantine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “constant”, “steadfast” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɑns.tənˌtin/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,720 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,678 / 42 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 285, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Cōnstantīnus, the name of Roman emperors, notably that of Constantine the Great, Latin cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”). Doublet of Konstadinos.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 5 | 5,119 |
| 1956 | 5 | 6,115 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,193 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,672 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10,821 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,933 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,140 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,816 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 1,660 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,516 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,592 |
| 2014 | 112 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 91 | 1,705 |
| 2016 | 108 | 1,539 |
| 2017 | 101 | 1,595 |
| 2018 | 97 | 1,658 |
| 2019 | 84 | 1,818 |
| 2020 | 87 | 1,759 |
| 2021 | 89 | 1,787 |
| 2022 | 82 | 1,911 |
| 2023 | 104 | 1,652 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,601 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,573 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,511 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: قُسْطَنْطِين
- Armenian: Կոստանդին
- Bulgarian: Константи́н, Костади́н
- Catalan: Constantí
- Chinese: 康斯坦丁
- Czech: Konstantin
- Danish: Konstantin
- Dutch: Constantijn, Tijn
- Esperanto: Konstantino
- Finnish: Konsta, Kosti, Konstantinus
- French: Constantin
- German: Konstantin
- Greek: Κωνσταντίνος, Κώστας
- Hindi: कॉन्स्टेंटाइन
- Hungarian: Szilárd, Konstantin
- Irish: Constaintín
- Italian: Costantino
- Japanese: コンスタンティノス
- Korean: 콘스탄티누스
- Latin: Constantinus

## People named Constantine

- Constantine II of Scotland, 10th-century king of Scotland (Alba)
- Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French naturalist (1783-1840)
- Constantine the African, 11th-century monk and translator of medical works
- Constantine I, Prince of Armenia, Armenian noble
- Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, British explorer (1744-1792)
- Constantine Louloudis, British rower
- Constantine II, Prince of Armenia, Armenian noble
- Constantine II of Bulgaria, Bulgarian ruler
- Constantine Maroulis, American singer
- Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, British Whig politician and author (1797-1863)
- Constantine Walter Benson, British ornithologist (1909-1982)
- Constantine Lips, Byzantine admiral

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.