Constantine
Konstantin [ ˈkʰɔns.tan.tiːn ] (also Constantin ) is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
The name Konstantin (Latin Constantinus , from Constantius ) means "the steadfast, the steadfast" and is derived from the Latin word constans 'steadfast', 'steadfast'.
variants
- Constantin , Constantine
- Pet forms and abbreviations: Kosta, Koni, Konni, Konsti, Konstl, Kostja, Kostik, Konse, Kini
- English: Constantine
- Greek: Κωνσταντίνος, Konstandinos, short form; Κώστας, Kostas; as a surname also: Konstantinou
- Italian: Costantino, Costantini
- Latvian: Konstantīns
- Lithuanian: Konstantinas
- Dutch: Constantijn , Stijn, Stan
- Polish: Konstanty
- Portuguese: Constantim
- Romansh: Constantino
- Russian: Константин, Konstantin
- Hungarian: Szilárd
Name bearer
Roman emperor
The following emperors ruled in Rome as Constantine or under a similar name:
- Constantius Chlorus (* around 250; † 306; 305/06 Roman Emperor)
- Constantine I, the Great († 337; from 306 to 337 Roman Emperor)
- Constantine II (Rome) (actually Flavius Claudius Constantinus; * 316, † 340; from 337 to 340 Roman emperor)
- Constans (Flavius Julius Constans, son of Constantine the Great; † 350; from 337 to 350 Roman emperor)
- Constantius II. (Konstantios II., Flavius Iulius Constantius, son of Constantine the Great; * 317, † 361; from 337 to 361 Eastern Roman Emperor; from 353 to 360 sole Roman Emperor)
- Constantine III (Rome) (407-411), anti-emperor
- Constantius III. (421)
Byzantine emperor
In Byzantium the following emperors named Constantine or under a similar name ruled:
- Constantine the Great (Constantine I .; † 337; from 306 to 324 Roman emperor; from 324 to 337 all-Roman emperor)
- Constantius II (Konstantios II, Flavius Iulius Constantius, son of Constantine the Great; * 317, † 361; from 337 to 361 Roman emperor)
- Tiberios I. Konstantinos (578-582)
- Constantine III (Byzantium) (613/641)
- Constans II (641-668)
- Constantine IV (Byzantium) , Pogonatos , (654 / 668–685)
- Constantine V (Byzantium) (720 / 741–775)
- Constantine VI (Byzantium) (776 / 780–797)
- Constantine VII. Porphyrogennetos (908 / 913–959)
- Constantine VIII. (962 / 1025-1028)
- Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055)
- Constantine X. Dukas (1059-1067)
- Constantine (XI.) Laskaris (1204–1205)
- Constantine XI. Palaiologos (1449-1453)
as co-emperor:
- Symbatios Konstantinos (813 / 14–820)
- Constantine (son of Theophilos) (833–835)
- Constantine (son of Basil I) (868–879)
- Konstantin Lakapenos (923 / 24–945)
- Konstantin Dukas Porphyrogennetos (1074-1078, 1081-1087 / 88)
Patriarch in Constantinople
- Constantine I (675-677)
- Constantine II (754-766)
- Constantine III Lichoudas (1059-1063)
- Constantine IV Chliarenus (1154-1156)
- Constantius I 1830-1834
- Constantius II (1834-1835)
- Constantine V (1897–1901)
- Constantine VI (1924-1925)
Kings
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Armenia:
- Constantine I (Armenia) , prince (1095–1102)
- Constantine II (Armenia) , prince (1129)
- Constantine III (Armenia) (1299)
- Constantine IV (Armenia) (1342–1344)
- Constantine V (Armenia) (1344-1362)
- Constantine VI (Armenia) (1362-1373)
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Ethiopia:
- Constantine I (Ethiopia) (1434–1468)
- Constantine II (Ethiopia) (1478–1494)
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Georgia:
- Constantine I (Georgia) (1407-1414)
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Constantine II (Georgia) (1478–1505)
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East Georgia:
- Constantine I (Kakheti) (1605)
- Constantine II (Kakheti) (1722–1729)
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West Georgia:
- Constantine I (Western Georgia) (1293–1327)
- Constantine II (Western Georgia) (1395–1401)
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East Georgia:
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Greece:
- Constantine I (Greece) (1913-1917, 1920-1922)
- Constantine II (Greece) (1964–1973)
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Scotland:
- Constantine I (Scotland) (863–877)
- Constantine II (Scotland) (900-943)
- Constantine III (Scotland) (995-997)
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Serbia:
- Konstantin Bodin , King of Serbia (1081–1101)
Other regents
- Constantine , last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1801–1869)
- Constantine (Russia) , Grand Duke (1216–1218)
- Konstantin von Murom (Yaroslav Swjatoslawitsch; * after 1070 ?, † 1129), Prince of Murom and Chernigov; Saint of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Konstantin Tich Assen , Bulgaria († 1277)
- Konstantin Dobrynitsch († around 1022), governor of Novgorod (1018/19)
- Konstantin Dragaš
- Constantin Hereditary Count of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (1807–1862)
- Constantin Movilă , Moldova (1606–1611)
- Constantin Șerban Basarab , Moldova (1659, 1661)
- Constantin Cantemir , Moldova (1685–1693)
- Constantin Duca , Moldova (1693–1695, 1700–1703)
- Constantin Mavrocordat , Moldova (1733–1735, 1741–1743, 1748–1749, 1769)
- Constantin Racoviță , Moldova (1749–1753, 1756–1757)
- Constantin Moruzi , Moldova (1777–1782)
- Constantin Ipsilanti , Moldova (1799–1801)
cleric
- Constantine I (Pope) († 715)
- Constantine II (antipope) († after 769)
- Constantine-Kyrill of Saloniki († 869), (Greater Moravia)
- Konstantin von Mananalis († 684), founder of the Paulikians
Bearer of the family name
- Ernst Konstantin (1908–1969), German actor
- Leopoldine Konstantin (1886–1965), Austrian actress
Personalities with the first name Konstantin or Constantin
Constantin
- Constantin Alexandru (1953-2014), Romanian wrestler
- Constantin Alsheimer (* 1969), German manager
- Constantin von Altrock (1861–1942), Prussian lieutenant general
- Constantin von Alvensleben (1809-1892), Prussian infantry general
- Constantin Andreou (1917–2007), Greco-French painter and sculptor
- Constantin Argetoianu (1871–1955), Romanian diplomat and politician
- Constantin Bakaki (* 1996), Congolese soccer player
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff (1898–1966), Russian film composer
- Constantin Bănescu (1982-2009), Romanian poet
- Constantin von Barloewen (* 1952), international anthropologist and cultural scientist
- Constantin Șerban Basarab (before 1654 - 1682), ruler of Wallachia
- Constantin Bauer (painter) (1852–1924), German painter
- Constantin Bauer (writer) (1883–1966), German writer
- Constantin Blaha (* 1987), Austrian water diver
- Constantin Bobescu (1899–1992), Romanian violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher
- Constantin Böhm (* 1991), German sword fencer
- Constantin von Boehn (1856–1931), German manor owner and royal Prussian chamberlain
- Constantin Bosianu (1815–1882), Romanian lawyer and politician
- Constantin Brăiloiu (1893–1958), Romanian composer
- Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654–1714), Prince of Wallachia
- Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957), Romanian sculptor
- Constantin von Brandenstein-Zeppelin (* 1953), German management consultant
- Constantin Brandt (* 1988), German actor
- Constantin Braun (* 1988), German ice hockey player
- Constantin von Briesen (1821–1877), Prussian politician
- Constantin Brunner (1862–1937), German-Jewish philosopher
- Constantin Budeanu (1886–1959), Romanian electrical engineer
- Constantin Budescu (* 1989), Romanian football player
- Constantin Bulle (1844–1905), German educator, historian and member of the Reichstag
- Constantin Canaris (1906–1983), German lawyer, Gestapo officer and SS leader
- Constantin Cândea (1887–1971), Romanian chemist
- Constantin Cantemir (1612–1693), Prince of Moldavia
- Constantin Carabela (* 1940), Romanian biathlete
- Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), Greek mathematician
- Constantin Cârstea (1949–2009), Romanian football player
- Constantin Dedekind (1628–1715), German poet and composer
- Constantin Cioti (* 1983), Romanian table tennis player
- Constantin Coandă (1857–1932), Romanian military, politician
- Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884–1961), Romanian general
- Constantin Damianos (1869–1953), Austrian painter and etcher
- Constantin Dăscălescu (1923–2003), Romanian politician
- Constantin Dausch (1841–1908), German sculptor
- Constantin J. David (1886–1964), German journalist, film director and film producer
- Constantin von Dietze (1891–1973), German agricultural scientist, lawyer, economist and theologian
- Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea (1855–1920), Romanian author and politician
- Constantin Maria von Droste zu Hülshoff (1841–1901), German Franciscan minister
- Constantin Dumitrescu (* 1934), Romanian racing cyclist
- Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu (1928–2008), Romanian politician
- Constantin Dumitru (1935–1996), Romanian opera singer
- Constantin Dupien (* 1987), German author and editor
- Constantin von Economo (1876–1931), Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist
- Constantin von Ettingshausen (1826–1897), Austrian paleobotanist
- Constantin Fahlberg (1850–1910), chemist
- Constantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926), German politician (center) and Reich Chancellor
- Constantin Feudel (1860–1930), German painter
- Constantine Fitzgibbon (1919–1983), Irish historian, journalist and writer
- Constantin von Flondor (1889–1942), Romanian lawyer and diplomat
- Constantin Floros (* 1930), Greek-German musicologist
- Constantin Frantz (1817–1891), German philosopher, publicist, mathematician and politician
- Constantin Frățilă (1942-2016), Romanian football player
- Constantin Frick (1877–1949), German Protestant pastor and politician
- Constantin Gâlcă (* 1972), Romanian football player and coach
- Constantin Gastmann (* 1990), German actor
- Constantin Gerhardinger (1888–1970), German painter
- Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916–1992), Romanian writer and diplomat
- Constantin Gillies (* 1970), German journalist and author
- Constantin Giurescu (1901–1977), Romanian historian and university professor
- Constantin Göttfert (* 1979), Austrian author
- Constantin Goschler (* 1960), German historian
- Constantin Grecu (* 1988), Romanian football player
- Constantin von Grewingk (1819–1887), German-Baltic geologist and mineralogist
- Constantin Gruiescu (* 1945), former Romanian boxer
- Constantin Guirma (1920–2010), Bishop of Kaya
- Constantin Guys (1802-1892), Dutch-French painter and draftsman
- Constantin Hamm (1807–1885), German cloth manufacturer and member of the Reichstag
- Constantin Hansen (1804–1880), Danish history painter
- Constantin Freiherr Heereman (1931–2017), German politician (CDU) and association official
- Constantin Henriquez , Haitian rugby player
- Constantin Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1893–1973), German painter, monument conservator and museum director
- Constantin Hormuzaki (1811–1869), Austrian lawyer and Romanian politician
- Constantin von Hormuzaki (1862–1937), Austrian-Romanian lawyer and scientist
- Constantin Hühn (* 1990), German actor
- Constantin von Jascheroff (* 1986), German actor, voice actor, singer and dialogue director
- Constantin Jaxy (* 1957), German draftsman and painter
- Constantin von Jerin (1876–1936), German administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Constantin Karadja (1889–1950), Romanian lawyer and diplomat
- Constantin Keller (1778–1864), Austrian friar, teacher and pomologist
- Constantin Caesar Kellermann (1807–1888), German lawyer and politician
- Constantine B. Kilgore (1835–1897), American lawyer and politician
- Constantin Kindt (1822–1890), German lawyer and parliamentarian
- Constantin Kirchhoff (1764–1833), pharmacist and chemist
- Constantin Koenen (1854–1929), German archaeologist
- Constantin Koszka (* 1939), former Romanian football player
- Constantin Krauss (1864–1928), German chemist and industrialist
- Constantin Le Paige (1852–1929), Belgian mathematician
- Constantin von Liechtenstein (1911–2001), member of the princely family of Liechtenstein
- Constantin van Lijnden (* 1985), German journalist and podcaster
- Constantin Lipsius (1832–1894), Saxon architect and architectural theorist
- Constantin von Lossau (1767–1848), Prussian general and military theorist
- Constantin Lücke (* 1979), German actor and voice actor
- Constantin Luger (* 1981), Austrian musician, moderator and book author
- Constantin Lupulescu (* 1984), Romanian chess player
- Constantin Luser (* 1976), Austrian artist
- Constantin Marcus (1806–1865), German teacher and politician
- Constantin Marinescu (* 1923), former Romanian football player
- Constantin Mavrocordat (1711–1769), Prince of Wallachia and Moldova
- Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), Belgian sculptor and painter
- Constantin von Mitschke-Collande (1884–1956), German portrait painter, figure painter, wood cutter and lithographer
- Constantin von Monakow (1853–1930), Russian-Swiss neurologist and neuropathologist
- Constantin von Neukirch (1596–1657), officer in the Thirty Years War
- Constantin von Neurath (1739-1816), German lawyer
- Constantin Franz von Neurath (1807–1876), Württemberg lawyer, diplomat and foreign minister
- Constantin Franz Fürchtegott von Neurath (1777–1817), German lawyer, Württemberg civil servant and Minister of Justice
- Constantin Nica (* 1993), Romanian football player
- Constantin Noica (1909–1987), Romanian philosopher and publicist
- Constantin Nordmann (1805–1889), master bricklayer and architect
- Constantin Nörrenberg (1862–1937), German Germanist and librarian
- Constantin Noica (1909–1987), Romanian philosopher and publicist
- Constantin von Oesterreich (* 1953), German bank manager
- Constantin Olteanu (1928–2018), Romanian Colonel General and politician
- Constantin E. Orfanos (* 1936), German dermatologist of Greek descent
- Constantin Pader (around 1596/1605 - 1681), German sculptor and builder
- Constantin Parhon (1874–1969), Romanian doctor, researcher and politician
- Constantin Piron (1932–2012), Belgian physicist
- Constantin Pîrvulescu (1895–1992), Romanian politician
- Constantin Guido von Podewils (1703–1762), Prussian major general
- Constantin Popovici (1846–1938), Orthodox theologian
- Constantin Popovici (* 1988), Romanian water diver
- Constantin Prezan (1861–1943), Romanian general
- Constantin Racoviță (? –1764), Prince of Wallachia
- Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957), Romanian philosopher, author and politician
- Constantin Ranst (1635–1714), Dutch merchant
- Constantin Laurențiu Rebega (* 1976), Romanian politician
- Constantin Andreas von Regel (1890–1970), Russian-Lithuanian botanist
- Constantin Rembe (1868–1958), German major general, politician of the NSDAP
- Constantin von Renz (1839–1900), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Constantin Ritzmann (* 1979), former American football player
- Constantin Rößler (1820–1896), German historian, publicist and philosopher
- Constantin Sănătescu (1885–1947), Romanian general
- Constantin Philipp Georg Sartori (1747–1812), German sculptor and plasterer
- Constantin Schmid (* 1999), German ski jumper
- Constantin Schreiber (* 1979), German journalist
- Constantin Schroeder (* 1980), German painter
- Constantin Schroeter (1795–1835), German painter
- Constantin Schumacher (* 1976), former Romanian soccer player and current soccer coach
- Constantin Seibt (* 1966), Swiss journalist
- Constantin von Seld (* 1975), German film editor
- Constantin Siegwart-Müller (1801–1869), leader of the Ultramontane Party in Lucerne
- Constantin Silvestri (1913–1969), Romanian conductor and composer
- Constantin Sorger (1829–1877), Lord Mayor of Gera
- Constantin Stanciu (1911–?), Romanian football player
- Constantin Stancu (* 1956), former Romanian soccer player and current coach
- Constantin Starck (1866–1939), Baltic German sculptor and medalist
- Constantin Steingaden (1618–1675), German Franciscan priest and church musician
- Constantin Ștefan (1939–2012), Romanian football player and coach
- Constantin Stichling (1766–1836), Grand Ducal Saxon Chamber Director
- Constantin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1843–1905), German politician
- Constantin Stroe (1955-2015), Romanian football player
- Constantin Sturdza (* 1989), Swiss tennis player
- Constantin Suysken (1714–1771), Belgian Jesuit and Bollandist
- Constantin Teaşcă (1922–1996), Romanian football coach
- Constantin Teleman , Romanian-American mathematician
- Constantin Toma (1928–2008), Romanian football player
- Constantin Tomaszczuk (1840–1889), Romanian legal scholar
- Constantin Trinks (* 1975), German conductor
- Constantin Tudosie (* 1950), Romanian handball player
- Constantin Uhde (1836–1905), German architect and university professor
- Constantin Vanotti (1793–1879), German merchant
- Constantin François Volney (1757–1820), French orientalist and philosopher of history
- Constantin von Waldburg-Zeil (1807–1862), Württemberg registrar
- Constantin von Waldburg-Zeil (1839–1905), politician from Württemberg
- Constantin Weber (1885–1976), German engineer and university professor
- Constantin von Weiß (1877–1959), Imperial Russian Colonel
- Constantin Bock von Wülfingen (1885–1954), German administrative lawyer and politician (NSDAP)
- Constantin von Wurzbach (1818–1893), Austrian lexicographer and writer
- Constantin Zawadzki (1866–1944), German politician and member of the Reichstag
- Constantin von Zedlitz-Neukirch (1813–1889), German administrative lawyer
- Constantin Zureik (1909–2000), Syrian-Arab intellectual
- Constantin Zwenger (1814–1884), German chemist
Constantine
- Constantine (son of Martina) (615–631?), Byzantine prince
- Constantine Diogenes (Konstantinos Diogenes; † 1028/34), Byzantine military leader
- Konstantin Fring (* 1990), German soccer player
- Konstantin Landa (* 1972), Russian chess grandmaster
- Konstantin Kanaris (1790–1877), Greek naval hero and statesman
- Konstantin Lindhorst (* 1981), German actor and radio play speaker
- Konstantin Rausch (* 1990), Russian-German soccer player
- Konstantin Ritter (* 1964) Liechtenstein cross-country skier
- Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf (1860–1936), infantry general
- Konstantin Seitz (* 1970), Austrian filmmaker
- Konstantin Shayne (1888–1974), Russian-American actor
- Konstantin Simonow (1915–1979), Soviet writer and war correspondent
- Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (1809–1877), Prussian general of the infantry
- Konstantin Wecker (* 1947), German musician
Constantine
- Konstantinos Cordalis, called Costa Cordalis (1944-2019), German pop singer
- Konstantinos Koufogiorgos (* 1972), Greek-German cartoonist, see Kostas Koufogiorgos
- Konstantinos Minas (1788–1859), Greek philosophy and rhetoric teacher, philologist, translator, poet and manuscript buyer
Kostya
- Kostja Mushidi (* 1998), German basketball player
- Kostja Ullmann (* 1984), German actor
See also
- Constantine the African
- Constantim
- (3347) Constantine , asteroid of the main outer belt
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Gottschald: German onomastics. Our family names according to their origin and meaning. (1st edition Munich 1932) 3rd edition 1954, reprint Berlin 1971 p. 221