Antoine

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• French:/ɑ̃.twan/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Antoine, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Henri
• Philippe
• Maxime
• Baptiste
• Julien

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Antoine is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Antoine', Antoiné, Ãntoine, Āntoiňe, Añtóiñê

• Spanish given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Antoiné, Antoíne, Ántoine, Äntöïnë, Àntoine

• Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Antoiné

108 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Antoine is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, French given name; standard form, contrasted with the surname Anthonce in older spelling.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In French, French form of Antonius, an ancient Roman family name of uncertain origin.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, From Latin Antonius, Roman family name of uncertain Etruscan origin.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• French form of Anthony, now also used in the English-speaking world.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• From Latin. See }Anthony in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Fats Dominob. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican pianist and singer (1928-2017)
• Luc Montagnierb. 1932FRnot in their usual nameFrench virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)
• Félix Tshisekedib. 1963CDnot in their usual namepresident of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

103 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 53 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Antoine mean, and where does it come from?

From Latin Antonius; meaning given as "inestimable". Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

Is Antoine a male or female name?

Antoine is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2024), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Netherlands (Meertens NVB) and Finland (DVV), among others.

Which countries have the most people named Antoine?

Mondonomo estimates about 225 thousand people named Antoine in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antoine. After it come Cameroon, United States, Belgium and Switzerland; the country table on this page ranks them.

What are other forms of the name Antoine?

In the etymology graph, Antonio, Anthony and Tony are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Antoine?

In French /ɑ̃.twan/ (Wiktionary).

How common is the name Antoine?

In the United States, the national register counted 21,025 people named Antoine in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.

How common is Antoine compared with other names?

In France, Antoine is the 37th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.