Antoinette

French feminine diminutive form of Antoine

"priceless one"

Antoinette Origin and Meaning

The name Antoinette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "priceless one".

This feminization of Anthony, like other early French forms, such as Babette and Nanette, is not heard as often as it once was, but it could be time for a reappraisal of this delicate Gallic choice.

The name is most familiar via the ill-fated Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution. Antoinette Giry is a character in Phantom of the Opera. And the theatrical Tony awards were named for theatrical actress and director Antoinette Perry (born Mary Antoinette).

Other options: Antonia and Antonella.

Antoinette Rank in US Top 1000

# 970 in the US

Antoinette Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1913 on Nameberry

Antoinette Popularity

• 1913 Nameberry 2024

20 Names Similar to Antoinette

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Famous People Named Antoinette

• Marie Antoinette (born Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna) Queen consort of Louis XVI of France
• Antoinette Ghislaine de Merode Princess consort of Charles III of Monaco
• Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry American actress
• Antoinette Lindsay "Toni" Trucks American actress
• Antoinette Louisa Brown first female ordained minister in the US
• Jeanne Antoinette Poisson mistress to King Louis XV, known as Madame de Pompadour
• Antoinette Marie Magnin Mallet Canadian Titanic survivor
• (Anne )Antoinette,Cécile Saint,Huberty, French operatic soprano
• Antoinette Cherish Flores Taus Filipina,American actress
• Antoinette de Bourbon Duchess of Guise, maternal grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots
• Antoinette Bourignon de la Porte French,Flemish mystic and adventurer
• Antoinette Amalie Duchess of Brunswick,Lüneburg, Princess of Wolfenbüttel
• Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida Princess of Saxe,Altenburg, Duchess of Anhalt
• Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Princess of Wettin, Duchess of Württemberg
• Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi Princess of Monaco, Baroness of Massy; sister of Rainier III
• Antoinette Meralise Picatto American actress
• Antoinette Bower German actress
• Antoinette American rapper
• Antoinette Cellier English actress
• Antoinette Meyer Swiss skier
• Antoinette Geraldine Mackeson Sandbach, Welsh MP
• Antoinette Sterling English,American singer
• Antoinette "Tony" Pirie English biochemist
• Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo Cameroonian swimmer
• Antoinette de Maignelais mistress of Charles VII of France
• Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux French actress

Antoinette in Pop Culture

• Antoinette dog of Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club
• Antoinette "Toni" Childs character on UPN sitcom "Girlfriends"
• Antoinette the little sister of Claudine, the French exchange student, in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton