Antonette

Where Antonette comes from

The dictionaries list Antonette as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Peak, #531
    141 babies named Antonette — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #999.
  4. 1944
    Antonette Mendes born
    Indian singer and actress
  5. 1972
    Antonette Wemyss Gorman born
    Jamaica Defence Force chief of staff
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Antonette Mendes · Indian singer and actress, 1944–2024
  • Antonette Wemyss Gorman · Jamaica Defence Force chief of staff, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.