Constantia Forename

123,441st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,343 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Constantia Forename Definition:

A female name. Latin constantia ‘constancy’. There was a saint of the name, a d. of Constantine the Great. The name was introduced to England at the Norman Conquest (it was borne by one of the dd. of the Conqueror, who m. Alain de Bretagne), and soon became common, being anglicized to Custance, which is found as late as 1561.

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Constantia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus-1,8021:48384
Belgium
100%
4071:28,2311,842
South Africa
 
98%
2611:208,93713,276
DR Congo
 
97%
2191:337,11213,078
United States
100%
1381:2,627,08040,106
Indonesia-811:3,184,737143,591
Namibia-791:30,4332,363
England
100%
791:703,83413,309
Zimbabwe
 
89%
621:248,77114,053
Jamaica-601:48,0542,758
Germany
100%
301:3,222,59615,431
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
231:2,385518
Netherlands
 
92%
181:939,00516,684
Greece-111:994,0509,495
Nigeria
100%
81:22,195,545185,172
Lesotho
100%
71:291,42817,845
Sweden
100%
61:1,642,98427,315
British Virgin Islands-61:5,208987
Cameroon
100%
41:5,402,62668,032
Tanzania
100%
41:13,197,08050,227
Akrotiri and Dhekelia-41:1,94987
Uganda
100%
21:20,478,46091,660
Switzerland
100%
21:4,106,74825,883
United States Virgin Islands-21:54,8743,819
Moldova
100%
21:1,780,5707,407
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
Guyana-21:381,63118,312
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
France
100%
11:66,470,34085,030
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Slovakia
100%
11:5,310,0639,949
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271

Constantia (196) may also be a surname.

Constantia Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. Latin constantia ‘constancy’. There was a saint of the name, a d. of Constantine the Great. The name was introduced to England at the Norman Conquest (it was borne by one of the dd. of the Conqueror, who m. Alain de Bretagne), and soon became common, being anglicized to Custance, which is found as late as 1561. In the 16th and 17th C Constancy came into use among the Puritans, but was not common. In the 19th C the Latin form Constantia was introduced, and Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says of it that it ‘at present reigns among the favourite fancy names, scarcely less inevitable than Alice or Edith’. Constantia has now given way to the simpler Constance. It is sometimes abbreviated to Connie.

Constancia Curia Regis Rolls 1199, Feudal Aids 1346. Custancia Curia Regis Rolls 1199. Constance Hundred Rolls 1273. Custance Hundred Rolls 1273, Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Custans Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.

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

Occasionally CONSTANCIA (q. v.). Direct from Latin, where, literally, it means ‘constancy’ or ‘perseverance’.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

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