Constantine ( or ;

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

: ''Cōnstantīnus'',

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: , ''Kōnstantînos'') is a masculine and feminine (in French for example) given name and surname which is derived from the Latin name ''Constantinus'', a

hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for ...

of the first names

Constans Flavius Julius Constans ( 323 – 350), sometimes called Constans I, was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He held the imperial rank of ''caesar'' from 333, and was the youngest son of Constantine the Great. After his father's death, he was made ...

and Constantius, both meaning "constant, steadfast" in

. The popularity stems from the eleven

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...

and

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, beginning with St. Constantine I (the Great). The names are the Latin equivalents of the Bulgarian name 'Костадин' and the Greek name ''Eustáthios'' (Εὐστάθιος), meaning the same, not changing, standing. The name "Constantine" is still very common in

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and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

, the forms Κώστας ( Kostas), Κωστής (

Kostis Kostis ( el, Κωστής) is a hypocorism of the Greek name Konstantinos ( Constantine). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Kostis Adosidis Pasha (1818–1895), Prince of Samos * Kostis Chatzidakis (born 1965), Greek politician ...

) and Ντίνος (Dinos) being popular

s. Costel is a common

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language *** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

form, a diminutive of Constantin. The Bulgarian,

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and Serbian form is

Konstantin The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name '' Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Gr ...

(Константин),and their short forms Kostya and Kosta, respectively. The

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * Som ...

form of the name is Kostyantyn (Костянтин). The name is common among

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canoni ...

people in

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

, in the form of Kostandin, Kostantin or Kosta. The name is also found in other languages of Western Europe such as Considine in Irish or Còiseam in

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...

Constantine as a surname

* Adrian Constantin, Romanian mathematician *

Con Constantine Con Constantine (born 1 July 1945) is a Cypriot Australian businessman and the former owner of the Australian football (soccer) club Newcastle United Jets. Biography Early life Con Constantine migrated to Australia with his parents and sib ...

, Cypriot-Australian businessman * Dow Constantine, American politician *

Eddie Constantine Eddie Constantine (born Edward Israël Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of se ...

, French actor and singer * George Constantin, Romanian actor * George Constantine (racing driver), American race car driver *

George Constantine (priest) George Constantine ( – 1560) was a British priest who was an early Protestant and evangelical reformer. Life Constantine was, by his own account, born around 1500, and in 1523 gained entry into Cambridge University to study for a Bachelor ...

, British Protestant reformer *

Irv Constantine C. Irving Constantine (January 18, 1907 – May 14, 1966) was an American football back who played one season with the Staten Island Stapletons of the National Football League. He played college football at Syracuse University. Early life Con ...

, American football player *

Jean Constantin Jean Constantin (; born Constantin Cornel Jean; 21 August 1927 – 26 May 2010) was a well-known Romanian comedian of Greek ethnicity. Constantin was born in Techirghiol, and died in Constanța. Filmography *' (2010) .... Agârbiceanu *''Vine ...

, Romanian actor *

John Constantine John Constantine () is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Constantine first appeared in ''Swamp Thing'' #37 (June 1985), and was created by Alan Moore, Stephen R. Bissette, Rick Veitch, and John ...

, fictional comic book occultist * Kevin Constantine, American ice hockey coach *

Larry Constantine Larry LeRoy Constantine (born 1943) is an American software engineer, professor in the Center for Exact Sciences and Engineering at the University of Madeira Portugal, and considered one of the pioneers of computing. He has contributed numerous ...

, computer science pioneer, writer *

Learie Constantine Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, (21 September 19011 July 1971) was a West Indian cricketer, lawyer and politician who served as Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became the UK's first black pee ...

, West Indian cricketer *

Michael Constantine Michael Constantine (born Gus Efstratiou (Ευστρατίου); May 22, 1927 – August 31, 2021) was an American actor. He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula ...

, American actor *Stavros Constantine, fictional character in ''

Murder on the Orient Express ''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the ...

'' *

Storm Constantine Storm Constantine (12 October 1956 – 14 January 2021) was a British science fiction and fantasy author, primarily known for her Wraeththu series,Encyclopedia of Science Fictio"Constantine, Storm" Retrieved 2010-01-21. which began as one trilog ...

, British science-fiction and fantasy author *

Susannah Constantine Susannah Caroline Constantine (born 3 June 1962) is an English former TV fashion 'guru', fashion writer, style advisor, television fashion presenter, author and clothes designer. Her second book, ''What Not to Wear'', co-written with her fas ...

, English fashion designer and style advisor *

Thomas A. Constantine Thomas A. Constantine (December 23, 1938 – May 3, 2015) served as the 6th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from March 1994 to July 1999. Constantine was born in Buffalo, New York, on December 23, 1938. He was educate ...

, American administrator to the DEA

Constantine as a given name

:''See: List of articles with forename Constantine'' *

Constantine I of Greece Constantine I ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Αʹ, ''Konstantínos I''; – 11 January 1923) was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922. He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Ar ...

Constantine II of Greece Constantine II ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Βʹ, ''Konstantínos II''; 2 June 1940) reigned as the last King of Greece, from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973. Constantine is the only son of King Paul a ...

* Constantine I, king of the Picts and was considered the second

king of Scotland The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ...

Constantine II of Scotland Causantín mac Áeda (Scottish Gaelic language, Modern Gaelic: , anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879; died 952) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name ''Alba''. The Kingdom of Alba, a name which first appear ...

Constantine III of Scotland Constantine, son of Cuilén ( Middle Gaelic: ''Causantín mac Cuiléin''; Modern Gaelic: ''Còiseam mac Chailein''), known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine III (c. 970–997), was king of Scots from 995 to 997. He was the son of Kin ...

Constantin Agiu Constantin Agiu (November 5, 1891, Dolj County – February 19, 1961, Gura Humorului) was a Romanian Communist politician; he was also President of the Great National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Romanian People's Republic. Biogr ...

Constantin Alajalov Constantin Alajálov (also Aladjalov) (18 November 1900 — 23 October 1987) was an Armenian-American painter and illustrator. He was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, and immigrated to New York City in 1923, becoming a US citizen in 1928. M ...

Constantine Andreou Constantine Andreou (also: Costas Andreou, Kostas Andreou; french: Constantin Andréou, Costas Andréou; el, Κωνσταντίνος Ανδρέου, Κώστας Ανδρέου) (March 24, 1917 – October 8, 2007) was a painter and sculp ...

Constantin Angelescu Constantin Angelescu (10 June 1869 – 14 September 1948) was a Romanian politician who served as ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania for five days, between 30 December 1933 and 3 January 1934. He was: Doctor of Medicine in Paris, Ple ...

Constantin Anghelache Constantin Anghelache (1 May 1920 – 28 September 2015) was a Romanian football midfielder, manager and a World War II veteran. Life and career Constantin Anghelache joined Unirea Tricolor București after being seen by coach Petre Steinbach a ...

Constantin Anton Constantin Anton (May 21, 1894 in Bucharest – March 17, 1993 in Bucharest) was a brigadier general of the Romanian Armed Forces during World War II. From 1944 to 1946, he served as the Inspector-General of the Gendarmerie (Romania), Jandarmeri ...

* Constantin Argetoianu *

Constantin C. Arion Constantin C. Arion (also known as Costică Arion; Constantin Țoiu"Fără șase 1OO (II)", in ''România Literară'', Nr. 37/2003 June 18, 1855 – June 27, 1923) was a Romanian politician, affiliated with the National Liberal Party, the ...

Constantine Walter Benson Constantine Walter Benson OBE (2 February 1909 – 21 September 1982) was a British ornithologist and author of over 350 publications. He is considered the last of a line of British Colonial officials that made significant contributions to ornith ...

Constantin Bosianu Constantin Bosianu (10 February 1815, Bucharest – 21 March 1882, Bucharest) was a Romanian jurist and politician, honorary member of the Romanian Academy, Prime Minister of Romania from 26 January to 14 June 1865. He was the first dean of th ...

* Constantin Brăiloiu *

Constantin N. Brăiloiu Constantin N. Brăiloiu (October 3, 1809 or 1810–June 19, 1889) was a Wallachian and Romanian politician. Born in Craiova, he was the oldest child of Nicolae Brăiloiu and his wife, Zoe or Zinca (''née'' Vlădăianu or Vlădoianu). He had tw ...

Constantin Brâncuși Constantin Brâncuși (; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th-century and a pioneer of modernism, ...

, Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France * Constantine Bruno, Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove *

Constantine W. Buckley Constantine W. Buckley (January 22, 1815 – December 19, 1865) was an American politician in Texas who served two non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives between 1861 and 1863. Buckley was born January 22, 1815, i ...

Constantin Budeanu Constantin Budeanu (28 February 1886 – 27 February 1959) was a Romanian electrical engineer who contributed to the analysis of electric networks states and the SI system of units. Life and work He was born in Buzău. In 1903 he was admitted ...

* Constantin Cantacuzino, several people * Constantine P. Cavafy *

Constantine Chibhi Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...

Constantin Climescu Constantin Climescu (30 November 1844 – 6 August 1926) was a Moldavian, later Romanian mathematician and politician. Born in Bacău, he attended the princely academy in Iași, followed by the sciences faculty of Iași University. He then left ...

Constantin Costăchescu Constantin "Bibi" Costăchescu (12 April 1909–8 August 1983) was a submarine commander in the Romanian Navy during the Second World War. He is the only Romanian submarine commander to sink an enemy ship. Early days He was born in 1909 in Pleșe ...

Constantin A. Crețulescu Constantin A. Crețulescu or Kretzulescu (22 May 1809 in Bucharest – 21 March 1884 in Bucharest) was a Romanian academic, politician, and honorary member of the Romanian Academy from 1871. He served as Prime Minister of Romania and Minister of ...

* Constantin Cristescu * Constantin Dimitrescu *

Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași Constantin Dimitrescu-Iași (November 25, 1849April 16, 1923) was a Moldavian, later Romanian philosopher, sociologist and pedagogue. Biography Born in Iași, his father was the magistrate Dimitrie Dimitrescu. He attended primary school in his nat ...

* Constantine Doukas, Byzantine general and politician *

Constantine Dragaš Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given nam ...

(>1355–1395), Serbian ruler *

Constantin Eftimiu Constantin Eftimiu (28 June 1893 – 19 September 1950) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II and Minister for Public Works and Communications in the First Sănătescu cabinet. Biography Early years He was born in Bucharest in 189 ...

Constantin Eraclide Constantin Eraclide (1819–1875) was a Romanian jurist and politician. After studying abroad, Eraclide returned home to enter the magistracy. He served as judge, court president, prosecutor, member of the state council, member and then head ...

Constantin Frosin Constantin Frosin (12 October 1952 – 10 October 2020) was a Romanian-French writer and translator. Biography Frosin attended the University of Bucharest, where he studied French and Italian. He also earned a doctoral degree in philology. Fr ...

Constantin Grecescu Constantin Grecescu (7 January 1929 – 1996) was a Romanian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international m ...

Constantin Iancovescu Constantin Iancovescu (1862–1945) was a Romanian politician and general. During World War I, he was Secretary General of the War Ministry from August to September 1916. He became Chief of the General Staff and Commander of the Danube Defense ...

* Constantin Al. Ionescu-Caion * Constantin Isopescu-Grecul *

Constantin Istrati Constantin I. Istrati (7 September 1850 – 17 January 1919) was a Romanian chemist and physician. He was president of the Romanian Academy between 1913 and 1916. He was born in 1850 in Roman, Moldavia (now in Neamț County, Romania). He s ...

* Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and statesman *

Constantin Kirițescu Constantin Kirițescu (September 3, 1876 – August 12, 1965) was a Romanian zoologist, educator and historian. Born and schooled in Bucharest, he occupied successive posts in the Education Ministry, with education being a running theme of his div ...

Constantine Koukias Constantine Koukias (born 14 October 1965) is a Tasmanian composer and opera director of Greek ancestry based in Amsterdam, where he is known by his Greek name of Konstantin Koukias. He is the co-founder and artistic director of IHOS Music Theatr ...

, Australian classical composer *

Constantine Lascaris Constantine Lascaris ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Λάσκαρις ''Kostantinos Láskaris''; 1434 – 15 August 1501) was a Greek scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in Italy during the Renaissance, ...

Constantin Le Paige Constantin Marie Le Paige (9 March 1852 – 26 January 1929) was a Belgian mathematician. Born in Liège, Belgium, Le Paige began studying mathematics in 1869 at the University of Liège. After studying analysis under Professor Eugène Charles ...

Constantin Lecca Constantin Lecca (; 4 August 1807 – 13 October 1887) was a Romanian painter and art professor. He was the first Romanian artist to create Western-style religious paintings. Although he worked in a variety of genres, including history painting, ...

Constantin Levaditi Constantin Levaditi (1 August 1874 – 5 September 1953) was a Romanian physician and microbiologist, a major figure in virology and immunology, especially in the study of poliomyelitis and syphilis. Biography He was born in Galați. His fathe ...

Constantine Manasses Constantine Manasses ( el, Κωνσταντῖνος Μανασσῆς; c. 1130 - c. 1187) was a Byzantine chronicler who flourished in the 12th century during the reign of Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180). He was the author of a chronicle or historic ...

Constantine Maroulis Constantine James Maroulis (; born September 17, 1975) is an American actor and rock singer. He was the sixth-place finalist on the fourth season of the reality television series '' American Idol'', and received a nomination for the Tony Award ...

, American rock singer, actor and writer *

Constantin Meissner Constantin Meissner (May 27, 1854–September 19, 1942) was a Romanian pedagogue and schoolteacher. Born in Iași in the Principality of Moldavia (present-day Romania), his family was of German origin. He studied at the private ''Institutul Ac ...

Constantin Miculescu Constantin Miculescu (6 September 1863 – 29 December 1937) was a Romanian physicist. A professor at the University of Bucharest, his research focused on heat, optics and acoustics. Miculescu is noted for his 1891 determination, with great ...

* Constantin Mihail *

Constantine Mitsotakis Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given nam ...

* Constantine Richard Moorsom *

Constantin Niță Constantin Niță (born November 27, 1955) is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Brașov County since 2000. In the Emil Boc cabinet, he ...

* Constantin Noe * Constantine Overton (1626/7-?1690), Quaker leader in Shrewsbury, Shropshire *

Constantine Papadakis Constantine Papadakis (February 2, 1946 – April 5, 2009) was a Greek-American businessman and the president of Drexel University. Academic career Papadakis received his diploma in Civil engineering from the National Technical University ...

Constantine Paparrigopoulos Constantine Paparrigopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Παπαρρηγόπουλος; 1815 – 14 April 1891) was a Greek historian, who is considered the founder of modern Greek historiography. He is the founder of the concept of historic ...

* Constantin Petrovicescu *

Constantine Phaulkon Constantine Phaulkon (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Γεράκης, ''Konstantinos Gerakis''; γεράκι is the Greek word for "falcon"; 1647 – 5 June 1688, also known as Costantin Gerachi, ''Capitão Falcão'' in Portuguese and simply as ' ...

Constantine Phillips Constantine "Con" Phillips (1746 – 14 February 1811) was a professional cricketer who played for Surrey in the 1760s and 1770s until 1778. Phillips was born and died in Chelsham, Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan cou ...

Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, (15 May 1797 – 28 July 1863), styled Viscount Normanby between 1812 and 1831 and known as The Earl of Mulgrave between 1831 and 1838, was a British Whig politician and author. He nota ...

Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (30 May 1744 – 10 October 1792) was an English explorer and officer in the Royal Navy. He served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, seeing action in a number of ...

Constantin Pîrvulescu Constantin Pîrvulescu (November 10, 1895, Olănești, Vâlcea County – July 11, 1992, Roman) was a Romanian communist politician, one of the founders of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), who, as time went on, became an active opponent of ...

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultima ...

* Constantin Andreas von Regel * Constantin Sandu *

Constantin Sandu-Aldea Constantin Sandu-Aldea (November 22, 1874 – March 21, 1927) was a Romanian agronomist and prose writer. Born in Tichilești, Brăila County, his parents were the cart driver Sandu Petrea Pârjol and his wife Tudora. After completing studies at ...

Constantine-Silvanus Constantine-Silvanus (died 684) was the founder of the Paulicians, a Christian movement in 7th century Armenia, who sought to return to the purity of the church in the time of Paul the Apostle. They were considered heretical by the Byzantine Chur ...

* Constantine Simitis *

Constantine Joseph Smyth Constantine Joseph Smyth (December 4, 1859 – April 14, 1924) was Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Education and career Born on December 4, 1859, in County Cavan, Ireland, Smyth read law Reading law was the ...

Constantine Stilbes Constantine Stilbes ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Στιλβής, ) was a Byzantine rhetor and clergyman, and a prolific author of ecclesiastical treatises, letters, and poetry. Biography He was born in the mid-12th century and the date of his de ...

* Constantin T. Stoika *

Constantin C. Teodorescu Constantin C. Teodorescu (March 22, 1892–1972) was a Romanian engineer. Born in Bucharest to a low-ranking employee of the Education Ministry, he attended primary school in his native city. Subsequently, he went to Iași on a scholarship ...

* Constantin Tobescu *

Constantin Ucuta Constantin Ucuta was an Aromanian academic and protopope. He was born in Moscopole, an economically powerful city and Aromanian centre at the time then part of the Ottoman Empire and now part of Albania. He migrated to Posen, in Prussia ( ...

* Constantin Vișoianu

In popular culture

, a DC Comics character from the ''Hellblazer'' series * ''Constantine'' (film), a film based on the DC Comics character * ''Constantine'' (TV series), a TV show based on the DC Comics character

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Constantine as a surname

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In popular culture

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