Antoinette is the French feminine of Antoine — from the Latin *Antonius* (a Roman gens name of uncertain meaning, traditionally interpreted as "priceless, praiseworthy"). **A top-200 US baby name from 1880 to 1971**. **Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)** — **Queen of France from 1774 to 1792 as wife of Louis XVI; daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria; her extravagance and Austrian origin made her a focal point of revolutionary anger; tried by the National Convention and executed by guillotine on October 16, 1793 at age 37**. **The apocryphal "let them eat cake" line was never actually said by her** — the phrase appears in Rousseau's *Confessions* (1782) about "a great princess" written when Antoinette was 9 and living in Austria. **Subject of Sofia Coppola's *Marie Antoinette* (2006) starring Kirsten Dunst**. **Antoinette Perry (1888-1946)** — American actress, director, and producer; co-founder of the American Theatre Wing; the **Tony Awards** (officially the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, since 1947) are named in her honor. **Antoinette Bower** (*Star Trek* TOS); **Antoinette Sibley** (Dame, English ballerina, Royal Ballet 1956-1991). **Antoinette Robertson** (*Dear White People*).
Featured throughout French history and American theatre.
Antoinette reduces to nine — the number of Tony Awards.