Given name & surname
Antoine
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
Antoine is a form of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original FrenchAntoinette
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Antoine carries the interpretation “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Antoine is a form of Anthony. One Latin interpretation is “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Its derivation is not certain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In French use, Antoine is used as a form of Anthony.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antoine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,652
- 27,288 boys · 364 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 840 babies
- 2025
- 95
- #1,708 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 95 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,708 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 829 in 1985. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,025 as a first name in 2020; 10,401 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Antoine’s family of names
In English usage, Antoine has a diminutive in Antoinette. Antoine shares a linguistic root with Anthony. In French usage, Antoine has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Antonio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antoine has relatives in 45 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 27
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Antoinettediminutive · French, English
- Antoninvariant · French
- Toinoudiminutive · French
- Toinediminutive · French
- Titouandiminutive · French
- Antwanvariant · English
- Antwonvariant · English
- Antwonevariant · English
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- Antuanvariant · English
- Antionevariant
- Antwaunvariant · English
- Antwainvariant
- Antoinnelikely variant
- Antwoinevariant · English
- Antwoinvariant
- Antwainevariant
- Antjuanvariant · English
- Antwuanvariant · English
- Anttoinelikely variant
- Anntoinelikely variant
- Antainevariant · Irish
- Antuwaynevariant · English
- Antwohnvariant
- Antwahnvariant
- Antuwonvariant
- Antuwainevariant
- Antuwainvariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 69
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Anthonydoublet · French, English
- AntonioSpanish, Italian
- TonyEnglish
- AntonGerman, Swedish
- AntonyEnglish
- ToniItalian
- AntoniPolish, Catalan
- Antoninoequivalent
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- Antoniosequivalent
- Antonepcd
- Twanderivative · Dutch
- Antwinederivative · English
- AnthonDanish
- AntoniusLatin, German
- Anthoineequivalent
- TonioItalian
- AntalHungarian
- AntoinIrish
- Antônequivalent
- Toninoequivalent
- 安東尼Chinese
- АнтонRussian, Ukrainian
- Antoennecognate · Walloon
- Антоанетаfeminine form · Bulgarian
- ΑντώνιοςGreek
- AntuutGreenlandic
- AntãoPortuguese
- AntônioPortuguese
- AntunCroatian
- AnttonBasque
- AntonsLatvian
- AntonoEsperanto
- AntonínCzech
- Antinequivalent
- АнтонійUkrainian
- EntoniSicilian
- NantyScots
- АнтуанRussian
- ТонькаRussian
- ТонечкаRussian
- ТоняRussian
- АнтонинRussian
- ТошкаRussian
- АнтошкаRussian
- ТошеькаRussian
- АнтошенькаRussian
- АнтошаRussian
- АнтонийRussian, Bulgarian
- AntoniuRomanian
- AntónioPortuguese
- AntòniOccitan
- AntanasLithuanian
- AntoninusLatin
- アンソニーJapanese
- アントワンJapanese
- ΑντώνηςGreek
- ანტონიGeorgian
- Touénegallo
- Antouenegallo
- AntónGalician
And 9 more.
People named Antoine
- Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFrench writer and aviator (1900–1944)
- Antoine LavoisierFrench nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
- Henri BecquerelFrench physicist (1852–1908)
- Antoine GriezmannFrench footballer (born 1991)
- Antonin ArtaudFrench-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)
- Fats DominoAmerican pianist and singer (1928-2017)
- Abbé PrévostFrench novelist (1697–1763)
- Antoine Laurent de JussieuFrench botanist (1748–1836)
- Antoine of NavarreFrench king consort (1518–1562)
Characters named Antoine: Antoine Doinel (film character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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