Constance

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Konstanz in DE Germany, PL Poland and קונסטנס in FR France.

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 20 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◐

Constance is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name205K records spelled Constance94 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Chile, Argentina, France, United States

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Constanza, Constanca, Constanta, Constança, C'Onstanza

• Swahili given name48K records spelled Constance7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Zambia, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Constancé, Konstanz

• Polish given name5.4K records spelled Constance67 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, United States, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Konstancja, Констанция, Констанція, Konstantsiia, Konstantsija

• English given name2.2K records spelled Constance22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Greece, Finland, Cyprus

  Languages: English, Greek, Finnish

  Also written Constantia, Konstantia, Κωνσταντία, Konstantía, Kōnstantia

• Spanish surname2.1K records spelled Constance11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Italy, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

  Also written Costanza, Constanta, Cöstänzä, Costanzà, Constanța

• Thai given name1.7K records spelled Constance5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Constant, คอนสแตนซ์

56 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●

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 name·Irish first names

• In French, From Latin constantia 'steadfastness, firmness'.

  as a name·Le 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 name·Irish first names

• In French, Du latin constans, « ferme, persévérant »; fête/sainte non indiquée sur la page.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Forme féminine de Constant, du latin, signifiant « persévérance ».

  as a name·Le 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.

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●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 843 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Constance?

We estimate roughly 120 thousand people bear Constance (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Constance have the most bearers?

We estimate about 89 thousand people bear Constance in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled constance.

Where is Constance most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Constance is densest in France — about 1 in 2.4 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Constance compared with other names?

In the United States, Constance is the 468th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Constance mean?

Recorded meaning: from Fr Constance, from Lat constantia ‘constancy’; first attested Custancia, Constancia Ric l Gilb (L)