Antoinette

Where Antoinette comes from

From French Antoinette, feminine diminutive of Antoine, equivalent to Anthony.
— Wiktionary's entry for Antoinette
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1825
    Antoinette Brown Blackwell born
    American minister
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #375 among girls — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1917
    Peak, #170
    1,177 babies named Antoinette — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1977
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #380.
  5. 1995
    Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong born
    Dutch speed skater
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French; best known for the ill-fated French queen Marie Antoinette.
Namesakes
  • Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong · Dutch speed skater, born 1995
  • Antoinette Brown Blackwell · American minister, 1825–1921
  • Antoinette Nana Djimou · French heptathlete and pentathlete, born 1985
  • Antoinette de Mérode · Monegasque princess, 1828–1864
  • Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières · French writer, poet, salonnière, 1638–1694

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.