Antoinette

Meaning: Uncertain
Origin: Latin — French feminine diminutive of Antoine

Girl's name · #3002 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Antoinette is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1914, when it ranked #170. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 79,000 girls since 1880, ranked #3002 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,434 in France (2025) · #3,383 in Canada (2024) · #1,371 in Belgium (2023) · #2,300 in Sweden (2023) · #5,688 in England & Wales (2023) · #2,037 in Austria (2019) · #761 in Poland (2015) · #5,616 in Ecuador (2008) · #689 in Ireland (2005) · #358 in N. Ireland (1997) · #401 in New Zealand (1990) · #615 in Scotland (1990).

Famous Antoinettes

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong — Dutch speed skater (born 1995)
Antoinette Bower — British-American actress (1932–2026)
Antoinette Frank — American convicted murderer and former police officer (born 1971)
Antoinette Brown Blackwell — American philosopher (1825–1921)
Antoinette de Bourbon — Duchess of Guise (1494–1583)

In stories & tradition

Antoinette de Langeais^fr — Honoré de Balzac character
Antoinette Stella — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)
Antoinette Buddenbrook — Buddenbrooks (book)

What Antoinettes become

Among 374 notable people named Antoinette:

Artists & writers appear 1.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, French poet (1638–1694).

Similar names: Pauline · Anthonella · Jeanette · Joanne · Geraldine · Marguerite

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