Entry № 2143 · Latin origin

Constance Constance — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KON-stans /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Steadfast, constant"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "steadfast, constant".

Constance comes from the Latin constantia, meaning constancy and steadfastness — one of the classic virtue names carried by Norman and medieval noblewomen. It speaks of loyalty, resolve and quiet strength.

Elegant and old-world, it has a timeless dignity, softened by the friendly nickname Connie.

Steadfast — a medieval virtue name.

The name in its native script.

Constance
Transliteration
Constance
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɒn.stəns /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Constance stands.

Constance does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Constances before her.

Real people
Constance Wu
American actress.
born 1982
Constance Lloyd
Wife of Oscar Wilde.
1858 – 1898
In fiction
Constance Bonacieux
Heroine of The Three Musketeers.
1844 novel

Names connected to Constance.

The number behind Constance.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Constance reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.