Given name & surname
Antoinette
“a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family”
In English use, Antoinette is a diminutive of Antoine. In French use, Antoine carries the interpretation “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Antoinette is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Original FrenchAntoine
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Antoinette is a diminutive of Antoine. In French use, Antoine carries the interpretation “a flourishing man; from an ancient Roman family.” Antoinette is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Antoinette is used as a feminine counterpart of Antoine.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antoinette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 78,789
- 68 boys · 78,721 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 1,333 babies
- 2025
- 55
- #3,002 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 55 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,002 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 9.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,333 in 1924. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 46,137 as a first name in 2020; 183 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.
Antoinette’s family of names
In English usage, Antoinette is a diminutive of Antoine. In French usage, Antoinette has a later derivative in Toini. Antoinette has a related form in Antonia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Antoinette has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Antoinette comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
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 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Antoinette
- Antoinette Rijpma-de JongDutch speed skaterborn 1995
- Antoinette Brown BlackwellAmerican minister (1825–1921)
- Princess Antonia of LuxembourgLast Crown Princess of Bavaria (1899–1954)
- Antoinette Nana DjimouFrench heptathlete and pentathleteborn 1985
- Antoinette de MérodeMonegasque princess (1828-1864)
- Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde DeshoulièresFrench writer, poet, salonnière (1638–1694)
- Antoinette FouqueFrench psychoanalyst & feminist (1936–2014)
- Antoinette Bourignon17th-century French-Flemish mystic1616–1680
- Antoinette Meyeralpine skier (1920-2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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