Constance (given name)

Constance

Constance Mayer, a self portrait, 1801.
Pronunciation	/ˈkɒnstəns/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Constant
Other names
Related names	Connie, Constancia, Constanza

Constance is a primarily feminine given name in use since the Middle Ages that is derived either from Constantia, a Late Latin name, or from the term meaning steadfast. ^[1] In medieval England, diminutives of the name included Cust or Cussot. Puritans used Con, Constant, and Constancy. ^[2] Other variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, and Constanze.

Notable people

• Constance of Antioch (1127–1163), only daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch
• Constance of Aragon, Holy Roman Empress (1179–1222), Aragonese infanta
• Constance of Arles (986–1034), third wife and queen of King Robert II of France
• Constance of Austria (1588–1631), Queen consort of Poland
• Constance of Burgundy (1046–1093), daughter of Duke Robert I of Burgundy
• Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster (1354–1394) second wife of John of Gaunt
• Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154–1198), also Holy Roman Empress (Dowager)
• Constance of Portugal (1290–1313), daughter of King Denis of Portugal
• Constance de Salm (1767–1845), poet and miscellaneous writer; through her second marriage, she became Princess of Salm-Dyck
• Constance of Wrocław (c. 1221 –1257), Princess of Silesia and the Duchess of Kuyavia
• Constance of York (1374–1416), daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161–1201), hereditary Duchess of Brittany
• Constance, Duchess of Wodzisław (died 1351), Polish princess
• Constance of Hungary (c. 1180 –1240), second Queen consort of Ottokar I of Bohemia
• Constance of Toulouse, daughter of Raymond VI of Toulouse
• Constance Babington Smith MBE Legion of Merit FRSL (1912–2000), RAF Photographic Intelligence specialist who discovered the Nazi V-Weapon programme.
• Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005), the first African American woman elected to the New York State Senate and subsequently the first African American female federal judge
• Constance Bennett (1904–1965), American actress
• Constance Bolton (née Beard, 1884–1949), New Zealand artist
• Constance Briscoe (born 1957), British barrister
• Constance Calenda (1415), Italian surgeon
• Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter
• Constance Clayton (1933-2023), American educator and civic leader
• Constance Collier (1878–1955), British-born American actress
• Constance Coltman (1889–1969), British pastor
• Constance Cox (1912–1998), British writer
• Constance Cummings (1910–2005), American-born British actress
• Constance Prem Nath Dass (1886–1971), Indian college administrator
• Constance Demby (1939–2021), American musician
• Constance Dowling (1920–1969), American actress
• Constance Amy Fall (1903–1992), Australian nurse
• Constance of France, Princess of Antioch (1078–1126)
• Constance Ford (1923–1993), American actress
• Constance Garnett (1861–1946), English translator
• Constance Glube (1931–2016), Canadian judge
• Constance Ella Glynn, known as Connie Glynn (born 1994), English YouTuber and author
• Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), British travel writer and painter
• Constance Grewe (born 1946), German judge
• Constance Le Grip (born 1960), French politician
• Constance Hamilton (1862–1945), Canadian politician
• Constance Cary Harrison (1843–1920), American writer
• Constance Hopkins (1607–1677), English colonist and Mayflower passenger
• Constance A. Howard (born 1942), American politician
• Constance Hunting (1925–2006), American poet
• Constance N. Johnson (born 1952), American politician
• Constance Kamii (born 1931), Swiss-born American educator
• Constance Keene (1921–2005), American pianist
• Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000), South African photographer and war correspondent
• Constance Lau (born 1991), Singaporean actress
• Constance Leathart (1903–1993) British pilot, flew in the Air Transport Auxiliary.
• Constance Lloyd (1858–1898), Oscar Wilde's wife
• Constance Marie (born 1965), American actress
• Constance Markievicz (1868–1927), Irish countess and political activist
• Constance Menard (born 1968), French equestrienne
• Constance Moore (1920–2005), American actress
• Constanze Mozart née Weber (1762–1842), Austrian singer, wife and biographer of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Constance Naden (1858–1889), English poet
• Constance Piers (1866–1939), Canadian journalist, poet, editor
• Constance Reid (1918–2010), American author
• Constance Rover (1910–2005), English historian
• Constance Senghor (born 1963), Senegalese high jumper
• Constance Lindsay Skinner (1877–1939), Canadian writer
• Constance Smith (disambiguation), several people
• Constance Smith (1929-2003), Irish actress
• Constance Adelaide Smith (1878-1938), Englishwoman responsible for the reinvigoration of Mothering Sunday
• Constance Christine Smith (1942-disappeared 1952), American missing child
• Constance Spry (1886–1960), British florist and author
• Constance Stone (1856–1902), Australian doctor
• Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), American actress
• Constance Tipper (1894–1995), British metallurgist
• Constance Towers (born 1933), American singer and actress
• Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), American novelist
• Constance Wu (born 1982), American actress
• Constance Zimmer (born 1970), American actress

Fictional

• Constance Blackwood, Character in Ride the Cyclone
• Constance, the heroine of The Man of Law's Tale
• Constanze, heroine of Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio
• Constance Billard School, school in the television series Gossip Girl
• Constance Blackwood, character in Shirley Jackson's novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle
• Constance Bonacieux, an important character in the novel The Three Musketeers
• Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss Brooks ), fictional English language teacher
• Constance "Connie" Chatterly, the main protagonist in D.H. Lawrence's final novel Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Constance Contraire, character created by Trenton Lee Stewart in his Mysterious Benedict Society series
• Constance, Lady Crabtree, character created by Paul James
• Constance Greene, character in the Pendergast book series
• Constance Langdon, one of the main characters from FX show American Horror Story
• Constance MacKenzie, character in the 1956 novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
• Constance Miller, a character in The Object of My Affection
• Constance Pemberton, character created by Brandon Mull in his Five Kingdoms series
• Constance Hatchaway, a character in the Disney Haunted Mansion attractions^{[ citation needed ]}
• Constance Von Nuvelle, a character in the Fire Emblem series
• Constance Webb, mother of the titular character in the 2024 film Madame Web
• Constance Tucker, Sheldon Cooper's meemaw in the Big Bang Theory spin-off sequel — Young Sheldon.

See also

• Constance (or Konstanz), a city in Germany bordering Switzerland
• Constant (given name)
• Constant (surname)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN   0-19-861060-2.
2. "Full text of "Curiosities of Puritan nomenclature"". archive.org. 1880. Retrieved 30 December 2023.