Constantine - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Constantine \c(o)-nsta-

, also used as girl's name Constantine, is pronounced KAHN-stan-teen. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "constant, steadfast". From Constantinus, which is derived from Constans. The form Constant was popular among the Puritans as a virtue name. Constantine the Great, the fourth-century emperor, made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire. Constantine was also the name of 11 Byzantine emperors, a royal name in Greece, and the name of three kings of medieval Scotland, where it is used as an Anglicised form of Conn (Gaelic). The Russian czars, in a bid to legitimize Russia as the new home of Orthodoxy, also used the name.

For more information, see also the related name Costas.

Baby names that sound like Constantine are Konstanty and Konstant.

Constantine is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#6976 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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