Constant Forename

15,424th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 62,131 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Gabon

Constant Forename Definition:

A male name. occurs as a Puritan christian name in the 17th C and was probably the common adjective, not a form of Constantine.

Constant Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo
99%
 
20,2211:3,651510
Benin
100%
5,6931:1,858426
Uganda
97%
 
4,1041:9,9801,005
Belgium
100%
3,8871:2,956567
Ivory Coast
100%
3,5471:6,506730
Cameroon
97%
 
3,4771:6,215880
France
100%
2,4361:27,2871,097
Ethiopia
100%
2,3121:42,1974,335
Chad
100%
2,0391:6,6691,038
Kenya
90%
 
1,5991:28,9602,476
Togo-1,5661:4,623771
Gabon
100%
1,5631:1,205279
Ghana
100%
1,5171:17,7891,410
Haiti
100%
1,3531:7,928944
Congo
100%
1,3241:3,783600
Burkina Faso
100%
1,1071:16,6031,601
United States
72%
 
8701:416,70911,702
Netherlands
100%
6601:25,6092,249
Canada
100%
5921:55,9693,550
Nigeria
 
69%
5671:313,16511,509
South Africa
96%
 
4251:128,3129,556
Mali-2211:76,8223,384
Luxembourg
100%
1671:3,378430
Switzerland
100%
1151:71,4222,641
Liberia
84%
 
821:53,8062,792
Zambia-601:264,2478,158
Brazil
100%
531:4,042,19267,840
England
77%
 
481:1,158,39418,168
Papua New Guinea
72%
 
421:194,10316,615
Israel
92%
 
411:204,9496,280
Madagascar-361:656,3721,939
Central African Republic-361:125,428257
Germany
97%
 
311:3,118,64115,149
Zimbabwe
100%
291:531,85623,445
Philippines
100%
281:3,786,05370,966
Indonesia-231:11,215,812344,499
French Polynesia-221:12,6321,507
Malaysia
60%
 
201:1,522,49747,664
Solomon Islands
100%
191:30,5772,198
Jamaica-171:169,6026,000
Senegal
100%
151:972,0909,181
Thailand
100%
121:5,838,818101,178
India
100%
111:110,443,4521,441,921
Mexico
100%
111:11,285,85732,937
China-91:151,783,97666,907
Rwanda-91:1,263,4931,939
Uruguay-91:380,8495,148
Hong Kong-71:1,107,5326,332
Russia
100%
61:24,038,95165,699
Australia-61:2,276,27019,652
Singapore-51:1,257,41116,611
Saint Lucia
100%
51:35,5633,018
Spain-51:9,305,99318,112
Kazakhstan
100%
41:4,436,71124,678
Malawi-41:4,278,07813,569
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Niger
75%
 
41:4,795,99843,246
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Guinea
100%
21:5,929,3246,648
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Ireland
50%
 
11:4,643,51913,375
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
New Caledonia
100%
11:270,1643,221
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Hungary-11:9,791,7716,528
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891

Constant (54,743) may also be a surname.

Constant Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. occurs as a Puritan christian name in the 17th C and was probably the common adjective, not a form of Constantine.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

M. An English and Irish shortening of Constantine, in common with which it is, in C20, becoming rare.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Usage name, meaning: An old Puritan name.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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