Costanza

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Costanza

Say it: kos-TAN-tsah

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Meaning

From Latin constantia 'steadiness, constancy'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Italian

The family of the name

English	Constance
French	Constance
Spanish	Constanza

Famous bearers

Constance of Sicily (Costanza d'Altavilla), Holy Roman Empress

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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.