Given name · Greek
Κωνσταντίνος
“one who is steadfast; firm”
Κωνσταντίνος (Konstantínos) is a masculine given name from Koine Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Constantine.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Κωνσταντίνος is Konstantinos written in the Greek alphabet. Konstantinos is a variant of Konstantine. One English interpretation is “one who is steadfast; firm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Κωνσταντίνος comes from Koine Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Koine Greek Κωνστᾰντῖνος, from Latin Cōnstantīnus.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Κωνσταντίνος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Κωνσταντίνος has a diminutive in Κωστάκης. In Greek usage, Κωνσταντίνος has a feminine form in Κωνσταντίνα. In Greek usage, Κωνσταντίνος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Constantine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Κωνσταντίνος has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Κωνσταντίνος comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ConstantinusLatin
- ConstantineEnglish
- Konstantinosborrowing · English
- ConstantinoSpanish
- Konstantinequivalent
- Kostaequivalent
- ConstantinFrench
- Kostasequivalent
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- KonstandinosPolish
- CostantinoItalian
- KonstantyPolish
- Κωνστάντιοςequivalent
- Ntinosequivalent
- Kottasequivalent
- Костянтинequivalent
- Konstantisequivalent
- Ντίνοςequivalent
- Kostiantynequivalent
- Κωσταντίναfeminine form · Greek
- Κωνσταντίναfeminine form · Greek
- KonstantynPolish
- Konstadinosborrowing · English
- KonstandinAlbanian
- Kostakisequivalent
- Κώτταςequivalent
- Κωνσταντήςequivalent
- Constantijnequivalent
- Kostisequivalent
- Κωστήςequivalent
- Τάκηςequivalent
- Takisequivalent
- Constantíequivalent
- Κώσταςequivalent
- КонстантинRussian
- CostinRomanian
People named Κωνσταντίνος
- Constantine XI Palaiologoslast Byzantine emperor, from 1449 to 14531404–1453
- Constantine II of GreeceKing of Greece from 1964 to 1973 (1940–2023)
- Constantine P. CavafyGreek-Egyptian poet and journalist (1863–1933)
- Constantine VIIByzantine emperor905–959
- Constantine I of GreeceKing of Greece (r. 1913–17; 1920–22)1868–1923
- Constantine Vemperor of Byzantium718–775
- Constantine IVByzantine emperor from 668 to 685652–685
- Heraclius ConstantineByzantine Emperor in 641612–641
- Constantine IX MonomachosByzantine emperor (1000-1055)
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