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Konstantinos
Say it: kon-stahn-DEE-nos
Meaning
From Latin Constantinus, from constans 'steadfast'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,917 babies given this name since 1962
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 28,800 boys
- 55 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kostas, Dinos
| English | Constantine |
|---|---|
| Romanian | Constantin |
Famous bearers
- Constantine the Great, Roman emperor
- Constantine P. Cavafy, poet
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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.