Antoine

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Antoine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin Antonius; meaning given as "inestimable".

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 345(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 892
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 1.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈200,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
459 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 345 (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AntoineLatin(measured from records)
ΑντουανGreek(measured from records)

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.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Latin Antonius; meaning given as "inestimable".

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Antoine counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Antoine is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#37≈200,000 est.≈1 in 345284KAntoine459
CN China—≈50,000 est.≈1 in 28K—Antoine24
CM Cameroon#99≈22,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Antoine30
US United States—21,0251 in 16K21KAntoine388
BE Belgium#76≈13,000 est.≈1 in 8923.8KAntoine182
CH Switzerland#247≈4,100 est.≈1 in 2K119Antoine123
LB Lebanon#355≈2,300 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Antoine77

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

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 nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam

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

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • From Latin. See }Anthony in main dictionary.

    as a nameA 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Antoine Lavoisier, b. 1743Joseph Plateau, b. 1801Émile Zola, b. 1840Henri Becquerel, b. 1852Antoine Gizenga, b. 1925Fats Domino, b. 1928Luc Montagnier, b. 1932Claude François, b. 1939Félix Tshisekedi, b. 1963Antoine Griezmann, b. 1991
  • Antoine Lavoisierb. 1743FRFrench nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
  • Joseph Plateaub. 1801BEnot in their usual nameBelgian physicist (1801–1883)
  • Émile Zolab. 1840FRnot in their usual nameFrench novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
  • Henri Becquerelb. 1852FRnot in their usual nameFrench physicist (1852–1908)
  • Antoine Gizengab. 1925CDCongolese Prime Minister, candidate for President (1925 – 2019)
  • 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)
  • Claude Françoisb. 1939FRnot in their usual nameFrench pop singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)
  • Félix Tshisekedib. 1963CDnot in their usual namepresident of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Antoine Griezmannb. 1991FRFrench footballer (born 1991)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 103 sources across 53 countries.

Official registers attesting Antoine
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024284K#47
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202021K#1,553
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020173#1,553
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)1961110#835
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202595—

Reference works 8

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

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 in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Antoine have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 197 thousand people named Antoine in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled antoine.
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 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.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Antoine” — the 37th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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