Antoinette

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Антуанетта in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Antoinette is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name422K records spelled Antoinette7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Belgium

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Àntoinette, Antoinetté

• Greek given name839 records spelled Antoinette4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom

  Also written Αντουανετα, Antouaneta, Αντουανέτα

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Antoinette 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.

• 2 French feminine diminutive of Antoine, which has become very popular in the English-speaking world. Short form: Toinette.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Antoine

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Féminin d’Antoine; origine latine, « inestimable ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Diminutif féminin d’Antoine, du latin Antonius; fête de saint Antoine.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 692 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Antoinette?

We estimate roughly 130 thousand people bear Antoinette (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Antoinette have the most bearers?

We estimate about 73 thousand people bear Antoinette in France, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Antoinette most common?

Antoinette is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 935 people carrying it.

How common is Antoinette compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Antoinette is the 30th most common given name of 20,217 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Antoinette mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine diminutive of Antoine, from Latin Antonius.