Constance

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

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!

   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:

     , 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!

2. A surname​.

• pet form: Connie
• male given name: Constantine

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.tɑ̃s/

Constance f

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

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