Given name & surname
Antonette
Antonette is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Antonette is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1883. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antonette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,803
- 0 boys · 7,803 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 152 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,632 as a first name in 2020; 97 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.
Antonette’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Antonette has a short form in TONETTE. Antonette has a related form in Antonia. In English usage, Antonette has a conventional equivalent in the German form Antonia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Antonette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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