Constance
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Fr Constance, from Lat constantia ‘constancy’; first attested Custancia, Constancia Ric l Gilb (L)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈkɑnstəns/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Constance is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 2.6K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 503 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈340,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
- FrConstance(measured from records)
- Latconstantia(measured from records)
from Fr Constance, from Lat constantia ‘constancy’; first attested Custancia, Constancia Ric l Gilb (L)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Constance 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 | — | ≈340,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Constance | 28 |
| US United States | #461 | 89,619 | 1 in 3.7K | 89K | Constance | 503 |
| ZA South Africa | #255 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Constance | 65 |
| NG Nigeria | #217 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Constance | 56 |
| GB United Kingdom | #444 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 6 | Constance | 204 |
| CA Canada | #537 | ≈9,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | 1 | Constance | 181 |
| IE Ireland | #274 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Constance | 32 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)
Constance is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Latin 'constancy'; used to anglicise several Gaelic names.
as a nameIrish first names
In French, From Latin constantia 'steadfastness, firmness'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Latin ‘constancy’. This was used to anglicise a number of Gaelic names, e.g. the early Irish feminine name Buan, which was said to mean ‘constancy in goodness’. See also Congalie, Connal. Constantine [Consaidin] (m) Latin, ‘constant one’. A name used by 36 Cronan the O’Briens since the twelfth century. It was also used to anglicise
as a nameIrish first names
In French, Du latin constans, « ferme, persévérant »; fête/sainte non indiquée sur la page.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Forme féminine de Constant, du latin, signifiant « persévérance ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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)
- Constance of Aragonb. 1179ESQueen Consort of Hungary and Holy Roman Empress Consort
- Constance Markieviczb. 1868GBIrish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe
- Constance Collierb. 1878GBBritish actress (1878-1955)
- Constance Talmadgeb. 1898USAmerican actress (1898–1973)
- Constance Bennettb. 1904USAmerican actress (1904–1965)
- Constance Cummingsb. 1910USAmerican actress (1910–2005)
- Constance Towersb. 1933USAmerican actress
- Constance Zimmerb. 1970USAmerican actress
- Constance Wub. 1982USAmerican actress (born 1982)
- Maisie Williamsb. 1997GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (b. 1997)
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 89 sources across 47 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 89K | #592 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 142 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 137 | #592 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 46 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 6 | #476 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1989 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2022 | 4 | #354 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 1 | #2,418 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name 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 Constance mean, and where does it come from?
- from Fr Constance, from Lat constantia ‘constancy’; first attested Custancia, Constancia Ric l Gilb (L) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- Is Constance a male or female name?
- Constance 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.
- In which country does Constance have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 343 thousand people named Constance in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled constance.
- What are other forms of the name Constance?
- In the etymology graph, Constanza, Constantin and Constanze are forms of the same name in other languages; Connie is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Constance?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑnstəns/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Constance?
- In the United States, the national register counted 89,619 people named Constance in 2020, about 1 in 3.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Constance compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Constance is the 217th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/constanceThe 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, “Constance” — the 217th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.