Given name & surname
Kostas
“one who is steadfast; firm”
Kostas is a variant of Konstantine. One English interpretation is “one who is steadfast; firm.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kostas is a variant of Konstantine. One English interpretation is “one who is steadfast; firm.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kostas is a variant of Konstantine. An origin associated with Konstantine is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kostas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 372
- 372 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,247 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,247 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 743 as a first name in 2020; 386 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.
Kostas’s family of names
In English usage, Kostas has a short form in Gus. In German usage, Kostas has a related form in Konstantin. In Polish usage, Kostas has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Kosta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kostas has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kostas
- Costa-GavrasGreek-French film director (born 1933)
- Kostas KaramanlisGreek politician, former Prime Minister of Greeceborn 1956
- Costas SimitisGreek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025)
- Kostas KatsouranisGreek footballerborn 1979
- Kostas MitroglouGreek footballer (born 1988)
- Kostas TsimikasGreek association football playerborn 1996
- Kostas ChalkiasGreek footballerborn 1974
- Kostas ManolasGreek footballerborn 1991
- Kostas FortounisGreek association football playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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