Antoinette
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌæntwəˈnɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Antoinette is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 46th most common given name.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 3.6K
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Antoinette itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 462 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Feminine diminutive of Antoine, from Latin Antonius.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Antoinette is read(measured from records)
Antoinette is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English73%
A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French13%
Feminine diminutive of Antoine, from Latin Antonius.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Antoine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Féminin d’Antoine; origine latine, « inestimable ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Antoinette counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Antoinette | 17 |
| US United States | #590 | 46,137 | 1 in 7.2K | 46K | Antoinette | 462 |
| FR France | — | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 73K | — | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | #564 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Antoinette | 81 |
| NL Netherlands | #488 | 10,458as Antoinetta | 1 in 1.7K | 10K | Antoinette | 89 |
| IE Ireland | #296 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Antoinette | 77 |
| JM Jamaica | #46 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Antoinette | 25 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Antoinette is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
2 French feminine diminutive of Antoine, which has become very popular in the English-speaking world. Short form: Toinette.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelb. 1696DEGerman duchess (1696-1762)
- Marie Antoinette Muratb. 1793FRGerman princess (1793–1847)
- Antoinette de Mérodeb. 1828BEMonegasque princess (1828-1864)
- Princess Antonia of Luxembourgb. 1899LUnot in their usual nameLast Crown Princess of Bavaria (1899–1954)
- Marguerite Yourcenarb. 1903USnot in their usual nameFrench novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
- Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massyb. 1920FRMonegasque princess (1920-2011)
- Queen Anne of Romaniab. 1923ROnot in their usual nameRomanian and Parmese Royal (1923–2016)
- Anne Vernonb. 1924FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress
- Princess Alix of Luxembourgb. 1929LUnot in their usual namedaughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1929-2019)
- Marie-Astrid, Archduchess Carl Christian of Austriab. 1954LUnot in their usual nameborn 1954; eldest child of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 86 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 73K | #2,456 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 46K | #955 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 7.4K | #503 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 56 | #955 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 55 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 8 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Antoinette come from?
- Feminine diminutive of Antoine, from Latin Antonius. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- What does the name Antoinette mean?
- In English, A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette.
- What are other forms of the name Antoinette?
- In the etymology graph, Antonia, Tonya and Toni are forms of the same name in other languages; Toinette is a recorded short or pet form.
- Is Antoinette a male or female name?
- Antoinette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Antoinette?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌæntwəˈnɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Antoinette have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 206 thousand people named Antoinette in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antoinette.
- How common is the name Antoinette?
- In the United States, the national register counted 46,137 people named Antoinette in 2020, about 1 in 7.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Antoinette compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Antoinette is the 46th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/antoinetteThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Antoinette” — the 46th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.