Constantine

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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:

Byzantine emperor

In Byzantium the following emperors named Constantine or under a similar name ruled:

as co-emperor:

Patriarch in Constantinople

Kings

  1. Armenia:
    1. Constantine I (Armenia) , prince (1095–1102)
    2. Constantine II (Armenia) , prince (1129)
    3. Constantine III (Armenia) (1299)
    4. Constantine IV (Armenia) (1342–1344)
    5. Constantine V (Armenia) (1344-1362)
    6. Constantine VI (Armenia) (1362-1373)
  2. Ethiopia:
    1. Constantine I (Ethiopia) (1434–1468)
    2. Constantine II (Ethiopia) (1478–1494)
  3. Georgia:
    1. Constantine I (Georgia) (1407-1414)
    2. Constantine II (Georgia) (1478–1505)
      1. East Georgia:
        1. Constantine I (Kakheti) (1605)
        2. Constantine II (Kakheti) (1722–1729)
      2. West Georgia:
        1. Constantine I (Western Georgia) (1293–1327)
        2. Constantine II (Western Georgia) (1395–1401)
  4. Greece:
    1. Constantine I (Greece) (1913-1917, 1920-1922)
    2. Constantine II (Greece) (1964–1973)
  5. Scotland:
    1. Constantine I (Scotland) (863–877)
    2. Constantine II (Scotland) (900-943)
    3. Constantine III (Scotland) (995-997)
  6. Serbia:
    1. Konstantin Bodin , King of Serbia (1081–1101)

Other regents

cleric

Bearer of the family name

Personalities with the first name Konstantin or Constantin

Constantin

Constantine

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

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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