Antoinette

“Variant of Antoine — from the Roman family name Antonius (meaning uncertain)”

Girl's name · #3002 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Antoinette is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1914, when it ranked #170. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 79,000 girls since 1880, ranked #3002 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Antoinettes

Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong — Dutch speed skater
Antoinette Brown Blackwell — American minister (1825–1921)
Antoinette de Bourbon — Duchess consort of Guise
Antoinette Nana Djimou — French heptathlete and pentathlete
Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières — French writer, poet, salonnière (1638–1694)

In stories & tradition

Antoinette de Langeais — La Duchesse de Langeais
Antoinette Stella — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Antoinette Buddenbrook — Buddenbrooks · The Buddenbrooks

What Antoinettes become

Among 374 notable people named Antoinette:

Artists & writers appear 1.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières, French writer, poet, salonnière (1638–1694).

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