Constance
About Constance
Constance is one of the more subtle of the virtue baby names, but still has quite a prim and proper image. One impediment to its revival has been the decidedly dated nickname Connie, though modern parents might well opt for using the strong and dignified name in full.
One of William the Conqueror's daughters was named Constance, and in Shakespeare's King John, Constance is the devoted mother of King Arthur. Constance was widely used in the seventeenth century by Puritans: Constance Hopkins was a young passenger on the Mayflower.
The fictional Constance Billard School appears in TV's Gossip Girl, and Constance was the first name of the decidedly non-prim and proper Lady Chatterley.
Oscar Wilde's wife was Constance, and Mozart's spouse was the German form Constanze, nicknamed Stanzi.
Though Constance has been neglected here for a number of years, it's still ranks at Number 120 in France.
Trivia tidbit: Constance was the birth name of 1940's peekaboo-hairdo star Veronica Lake and also, not surprisingly, Connie Britton.
As of October 2026, Constance ranked #1501 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #83 in 1949, Nameberry popularity #365.
Editor's take: The name Constance is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "steadfastness".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,607 | 134 | 75 |
| 2015 | #1,540 | 144 | 80.7 |
| 2016 | #1,499 | 152 | 85.8 |
| 2017 | #1,594 | 137 | 79.4 |
| 2018 | #1,686 | 123 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | #1,899 | 105 | 62.6 |
| 2020 | #1,562 | 135 | 83.5 |
| 2021 | #1,832 | 110 | 67 |
| 2022 | #1,732 | 120 | 73.2 |
| 2023 | #1,656 | 125 | 77.9 |
| 2024 | #1,645 | 125 | 77.2 |
| 2025 | #1,501 | 142 | 88.3 |
World rankings
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Constance on lists
Famous Constances
- Constance of Aragon
Queen consort of Hungary and Germany; Holy Roman Empress
- Constance of Austria
Queen consort of Sigismund III Vasa of Poland
- Constance of Hungary
Queen consort of Ottokar I of Bohemia
- Constance Zimmer
American actress
- Constance Marie (Lopez)
American actress
- Constance Jablonski
French model
- Constance Campbell Bennett
American actress
- Constance Fenimore Woolson
American novelist
- Constance Elaine Womack
birth name of Connie Britton, American actress
- Constance Mary Towers
American actress and singer
- Constance Edwina "Shelagh" Lewes
English socialite
- Constance June Meador
birth name of Connie Smith, American country music singer
- Constance Shulman
American actress
- Constance Mary Lloyd
wife of British writer Oscar Wilde
- Constance "Connie" Ray
American actress
- Constance Elaine "Connie" Trimmer Willis
American novelist
- Constance Ford
American actress and model
- Constance Stokes
Australian painter
- Constance Georgine Markievicz
Irish politician, revolutionary nationalist and suffragette
- Constance Mayfield Rourke
American biographer and author
- Constance Baker Motley
American civil rights activist and judge
- Constance Spry
English educator, florist and author
- (Constance) Francesca Hilton
daughter of Zsa Zsa Gabor and Conrad Hilton
- Constance Demby
American artist
- Constance Tianmin Wu
American actress
Constance in pop culture
- Constance "Connie" Blackwood
character in Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always Lived in the Caslte"
- Constance Courte
character in video game "Ace Attorney"
- Constance Carmell
character on TV's "Party Down"
- Constance Langdon
character on TV's "American Horror Story"
- Constance Contraire
character in "The Mysterious Benedict Society" series by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Constance "Connie" Kendall
character in the "Adventures in Odyssey" audio series
- Constance "Connie" Temple
character in the "Gone" series by Michael Grant.
- Constance Billard School
all,girls school in the "Gossip Girl" series
- Constance Hardbroom
character on TV's "The Worst Witch"
- Constance
spirit of the house in movie "Monster House"
- Constance
badger character in Brian Jacques' "Redwall" series
- Constance Michel
character in "Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"
- Constance Bonancieux
character in "The Three Musketeers," by Alexandre Dumas
- Constance
Princess of Navarre in Jean,Philippe Rameau's Opera, "La princesse de Navarre"
- Constance Arkham
wife of Amadeus Arkham in "Batman: Arkham Asylum" video game.
- Constance Hatchaway
the murderous bride from Disney's Haunted Mansion ride.
- Constance "Connie" Tucker
character on the TV series "Young Sheldon"
- Constance von Nuvelle
character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game
Variations & nicknames
- DinaGreek
- KonstanzeGerman
- KaniHawaiian
- ConstanzGerman
- KostaGreek
- KostenkaRussian
- KonstancjiPolish
- KonstantyPolish
- KotikRussian
- ConstanzaSpanish
- TinaGreek
- ConstanciaSpanish
- ConstantiaItalian
- KonstantinRussian
- KostantinaGreek
- KostyaRussian
- KostyushaRussian
- ConcettinaItalian