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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Constance f. Latin constantia 'constancy'.

The name of a 4th C saint, a daughter of Emperor Constantine, who was also known as Constantina.

The name entered England with the Norman Conquest. For more information, see Withycombe s.n. Constance.

Czech Republic
Latin
● 1349 Constancia (nom) chlumecky 138
England
Latin
● 1381 Constancia (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 87, Custancia (nom) ibid. p. 102
English
● 1563 Constance SaxhamSf p. 1; 1566 Constance ibid. p. 2; 1569 Constance ibid. p. 2; 1578 Constance bruton-vol1 p. 43; 1585 Constance ibid. p. 46; 1591 Constantia BUmar-vol2 p. 65; 1592 Constance BUmar-vol1 p. 27
France
Latin
● 1047x1061 Constancia (nom) CartNDSaintes XV, Constantia (nom) ibid. XX; 1138x62 Constantia (abl) clairvaux-12thc 91; 1301 Constanche (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 251
Old French
● 1296 Coutance paris1296 p. 20; 1313 Constance Paris1313 p. 51
Germany
Latin
● 1197 Constantia (abl) hennes-vol1 2
Italy
Latin
● 1220 Constantia (abl) hennes-vol1 46; 1527 Constantia (nom) Rome1527 p. 90
Spain
Latin
● 1488 Constancia (nom) carbonell p. 23, Constantia (nom) ibid. p. 16; 1489 Constancia (nom) ibid. p. 30; 1490 Constancia (nom) ibid. p. 40, Constanciae (gen) ibid. p. 46
Catalan
● 1510 Constança valencia1510 4274, Costança ibid. 4770, Gostança ibid. 3287
Preview. DO NOT cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Constance". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Constance.