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Girl · Latin, through English
Connie
Say it: KON-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Constance, from Latin constantia 'steadfastness'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in the US from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1950s
In the United States
- 273,482 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1955, about 1 in 196 girls
- 51 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Connie Francis, American singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.