Constance
From the Latin for "constant" and "steadfast". Only about 65 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, and it's given to almost no newborns today.
Constance Pronunciation
Constance is pronounced tsons-TAHN-tse (/t͡sɔnsˈtant͡sɛ/).
What Constance means
Where Constance comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Constance comes from Latin. The root is constans, "standing firm," and the abstract noun constantia gave medieval Europe a virtue to name a child for. The meaning stayed close to the word: constant, steadfast. English and French families both took it up, and it kept the same spelling in both, Constance.
Real bearers anchor it. Constance of Sicily, born 1154, was Holy Roman Empress and mother of Frederick II. Shakespeare gave the name to a grieving mother in King John, a woman who argues and refuses to yield. The Latin sense held.
Polish reshaped it. The feminine variant is Konstancja, and the masculine Konstanty crosses the name to a son. A girl named Konstancja might find both forms on one school register. The meaning underneath stays plain: stałość, steadfastness.
How many people are named Constance
1 in 346828 women in Poland is named Constance. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4510 among female names.
Constance's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Constance as a middle name
Constance is a first name for 65 women in Poland and a middle name for another 56, a 54/46 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 913th, between Clare (56) and Freya (56).
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#911 Sabine57
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#912 Clare56
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#913 Constance56
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#914 Freya56
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#915 Guadalupe56