Given name

Antonine

Antonine is a given name from Latin. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Antonine comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Antonina.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Antonine through the years

Babies since 1880
53
53 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1970
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19700.0
Antonine in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1970–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 316 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Antonine’s family of names

In French usage, Antonine has a diminutive in TONINE. In Norwegian usage, Antonine has a conventional equivalent in the German form Antonia.

Walk Antonine’s family in the name graph

AntonineTonineAntoniaAntoninaАнтонина

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Antonine

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Antonine, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Latin · Nature

Antonie

Antonie is a variant of Antonia. In Latin use, Antonia carries the interpretation “priceless and highly praiseworthy; a flourishing flower.”

13Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Christiaan

Christiaan is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Dutch.

13Very rare

>99% boys

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Gjon

Gjon is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Albanian.

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Erice

Erice is a surname from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Italian.

0Not recently recorded

89% boys · 11% girls

Latin · Literary

Lance

In English use, Lance is a diminutive of Lancelot. One French interpretation is “an attendant; in Arthurian legend, a knight of the Round Table.” Its derivation is not certain.

51UncommonEasing

>99% boys

Latin

Jermaine

“woman from Germany” · “a man from Germany”

41UncommonCooling

>99% boys

Latin

Agustus

“one who is venerable; majestic”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Latin

Tito

“of the giants” · “a great defender”

25RareSteady

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Antonine’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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