Constance

See also constance

English

Etymology

A medieval form of the Latin Constantia from a word meaning constancy.

Proper noun

Constance

1. A female given name.
   • 1951 translation by Nevill Coghill of: 1380s - 1390s Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales: The Man of the Law's Tale:

     And forth she sailed the ocean salt and rude. / O Constance, full of sweet solicitude, / O Emperor's daughter of a mighty realm, / He that is Lord of Fortune guide thy helm!

   • 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, Act III, Scene IV:

     My name is Constance; I was Geffrey's wife; / Young Arthur is my son, and he is lost: / I am not mad:—I would to heaven I were!

Related terms

• pet form: Connie
• male given name: Constantine

Translations

female given name

• French: Constance (fr)
• German: Konstanze (de)
• Greek: Κωνσταντία (el) (Konstantía), Κωνσταντίνα (el) (Konstantína)

• Italian: Costanza (it)
• Macedonian: Костадинка (mk) (Kostadínka)
• Portuguese: Constância (pt) f

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French

Proper noun

Constance f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Constance.

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