Antwanette
Feminine · “A spelling of Antoinette”
Antwanette is Antoinette written the way it sounds, with the French oi spelled out as wa. The name has two famous bearers, one misquoted for two centuries and one who gave Broadway's highest award its nickname.
How old is the name Antwanette?
Antwanette first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Antwanette alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 600 people named Antwanette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Antwanette most popular?
Antwanette peaked in 1990, reaching #3156 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Antonius to Antwanette
The story of Antwanette
Marie Antoinette is remembered for 'Let them eat cake', but the line, as 'qu'ils mangent de la brioche', appears in Rousseau's Confessions, written when she was a child in Austria, attributed to an unnamed great princess, and no evidence has her saying it. Antoinette Perry, an actress and director who led the American Theatre Wing during the Second World War, died in 1946, and the next year the Wing named its new awards for her; they have been called the Tonys ever since. Antwanette is one of the spellings American families used for Antoinette.
Meaning
A spelling of Antoinette, feminine of Antoine
Antoinette is the French feminine diminutive of Antoine, Anthony, from a Roman family name.
How the name formed
- Antonius
- Antoine
- Antoinette
- Antwanette
Related forms: Antoinette · Antonietta · Antonieta
Pronouncing Antwanette
an-twuh-NET
Three syllables with the stress on the last.
Nicknames for Antwanette
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 199035 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3156reached in 1990
- Change vs 2009
- 0.0%6 in 2012, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Antwanette in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Antoinette in French — spelling variant
- Antonietta in Italian — same name
- Antonieta in Spanish — same name
Antwanettes among us
people named Antwanette are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Antwanette sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Antoinette, a name everyone knows.
- Spelled as English readers say it.
- Comes with Toni as a ready short form.
- Almost everyone will write Antoinette.
- Some will read the spelling as a slip.
- The queen's reputation, deserved or not, comes with the name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Antwanettes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Antwanette are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Antwanette in 2025?
- Antwanette is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Antwanette with classmates?
- Antwanette will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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