Antoinette
About Antoinette
This feminization of Anthony, like other early French forms, such as Babette and Nanette, is not heard as often as it once was, but it could be time for a reappraisal of this delicate Gallic choice.
The name is most familiar via the ill-fated Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Antoinette Giry is a character in Phantom of the Opera. And the theatrical Tony awards were named for theatrical actress and director Antoinette Perry (born Mary Antoinette).
Other options: Antonia and Antonella.
Pronounced an-twuh-NET.
As of October 2026, Antoinette ranked #3002 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #170 in 1917.
Editor's take: The name Antoinette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "priceless one".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,081 | 93 | 52.1 |
| 2015 | #2,356 | 78 | 43.7 |
| 2016 | #2,598 | 68 | 38.4 |
| 2017 | #2,603 | 67 | 38.8 |
| 2018 | #2,910 | 57 | 33.5 |
| 2019 | #2,817 | 59 | 35.2 |
| 2020 | #2,439 | 71 | 43.9 |
| 2021 | #2,588 | 67 | 40.8 |
| 2022 | #2,795 | 61 | 37.2 |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | 31.8 |
| 2024 | #2,882 | 57 | 35.2 |
| 2025 | #3,002 | 55 | 34.2 |
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Antoinette on lists
Famous Antoinettes
- Marie Antoinette (born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna)
Queen consort of Louis XVI of France
- Antoinette Ghislaine de Merode
Princess consort of Charles III of Monaco
- Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry
American actress
- Antoinette Lindsay "Toni" Trucks
American actress
- Antoinette Louisa Brown
first female ordained minister in the US
- Jeanne Antoinette Poisson
mistress to King Louis XV, known as Madame de Pompadour
- Antoinette Marie Magnin Mallet
Canadian Titanic survivor
- (Anne
)Antoinette,Cécile Saint,Huberty, French operatic soprano
- Antoinette Cherish Flores Taus
Filipina,American actress
- Antoinette de Bourbon
Duchess of Guise, maternal grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots
- Antoinette Bourignon de la Porte
French,Flemish mystic and adventurer
- Antoinette Amalie
Duchess of Brunswick,Lüneburg, Princess of Wolfenbüttel
- Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida
Princess of Saxe,Altenburg, Duchess of Anhalt
- Antoinette Ernestine Amalie
Princess of Wettin, Duchess of Württemberg
- Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi
Princess of Monaco, Baroness of Massy; sister of Rainier III
- Antoinette Meralise Picatto
American actress
- Antoinette Bower
German actress
- Antoinette
American rapper
- Antoinette Cellier
English actress
- Antoinette Meyer
Swiss skier
- Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson
Sandbach, Welsh MP
- Antoinette Sterling
English,American singer
- Antoinette "Tony" Pirie
English biochemist
- Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo
Cameroonian swimmer
- Antoinette de Maignelais
mistress of Charles VII of France
- Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux
French actress
Antoinette in pop culture
- Antoinette
dog of Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club
- Antoinette "Toni" Childs
character on UPN sitcom "Girlfriends"
- Antoinette
the little sister of Claudine, the French exchange student, in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton