Origin and popularity of the name CONSTANT

Origin

Constant : 1: French and West Indian (mainly Haiti): from the French personal name Constant which can be from Latin Constans genitive Constantis meaning ‘steadfast faithful’ (from constans present participle of the verb constare ‘stand fast be consistent’) and also from Latin Constantius a derivative of Constans borne by a 2nd-century Christian martyr bishop of Perugia. Compare Constantine.2: American shortened form of French Constantineau.3: American shortened (and altered) form of any of various Greek derivatives of the personal name Konstantinos or its variant Constantinos (see Constantin 2).4: English: nickname from Middle English and Old French consta(u)nt ‘steadfast resolute’ (from Latin constans; see 1 above).

Littleproud : from Middle English litel ‘little’ (Old English lȳtel) + prude prute ‘worth value; pride splendour’ (Old French prod prud prut ‘advantage profit worth value’). The wife of Henry Lytilprud (1301 in Nottingham Borough Records) was Hawisia ‘Crist a pes’ whose constant cry ‘Christ have peace!’ suggests her husband deserved his nickname.

Sabet : Muslim (mainly Iran and Egypt) and Jewish (from Iran): from a personal name based on a variant of Arabic thābit ‘firm constant well established’. Compare Thabet.

Stabile : Italian (mainly southern): from the medieval personal name Stabile from Latin stabilis ‘firm constant steadfast’.

Thabet : 1: Arabic: from a personal name based on thābit ‘firm constant well established’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Compare Sabet Tabet and Tabit.2: Jewish (from North Africa): from the same Arabic word as 1 above either a nickname or a personal name (used in the Middle Ages by Jews too).

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