Antoinette
For other uses, see Antoinette (disambiguation).
| Antoinette | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | French |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | praise or highly praiseworthy |
| Other names | |
| See also | Antoine, Antonietta, Antony, Tony, Antonius, Antonella, Antonia |
Antoinette is a French given name, the feminine form of Antoine (from Latin Antonius) meaning beyond praise or highly praiseworthy.
People with the name
Nobles
- Antoinette de Bourbon (1493–1583)
- Antoinette de Mérode (1828–1864), Princess of Monaco
- Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696–1762)
- Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838–1908)
- Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779–1824)
- Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920-2011)
Other people
- Antoinette (rapper) (born 1970), American rapper
- Antoinette Batumubwira (born 1956), Burundian politician
- Antoinette Beumer (born 1962), Dutch film director
- Antoinette Bourignon (1616–1680), French-Flemish mystic and adventurer
- Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (c. 1641–1676), French engraver
- Antoinette Bower (born 1932), German-born British actress
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921), first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the United States
- Antoinette Cellier (1913–1981), English actress
- Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet
- Antoinette Elizabeth Saumarez (born circa 1855, died 24 September 1918), daughter of John St Vincent Saumarez, 3rd Baron de Saumarez. She married Piers Egerton-Warburton in 1880.
- Antoinette Feuerwerker (1912–2003), French Resistance member and jurist
- Antoinette Fouque (1936–2014), French psychoanalyst
- Antoinette Guedia Mouafo (born 1995), Cameroonian swimmer
- Antoinette de Jong (born 1995), Dutch speed skater
- Antoinette Kirkwood (born 1930), English composer
- Antoinette Konikow (1869–1946), American physician, feminist, and radical political activist
- Antoinette Lucas (born 1968), American field hockey player
- Antoinette Meyer (1920–2010), Swiss alpine skier
- Antoinette de Maignelais (1434–1474), mistress of Charles VII of France
- Antoinette Miggiani (born 1937) is a Maltese soprano
- Antoinette Nana Djimou (born 1985), French athlete
- Antoinette Nording (1814-1887), Swedish perfume entrepreneur
- Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), American actress and director
- Antoinette Picatto (born 1985), American actress
- Antoinette Polk (1847-1919), American plantation owner
- Antoinette Pirie (1905–1991), British biochemist, ophthalmologist, and educator
- Antoinette Sandbach (born 1969), Welsh politician
- Antoinette Sayeh (born 1958), Liberian economist
- Antoinette Sibley (born 1939), British ballerina
- Antoinette Spaak (born 1928), Belgian politician
- Antoinette Sterling (1850–1904), Anglo-American vocalist
- Antoinette Taus (born 1980), Filipino-American actress
- Antoinette Uys (born 1976), South African badminton player
- Antoinette de Dreu (born 1970) Dutch Model
See also
- Other feminine given names formed from "Antonius":
- Marie Antoinette (disambiguation)
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