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View Name: Antoinette


ANTOINETTE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French
PRONOUNCED: awn-twaw-NET   [key]
Meaning & History
Feminine diminutive of ANTOINE. This name was borne by Marie Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. She was executed by guillotine.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Toinette
OTHER LANGUAGES: Donka (Bulgarian), Antica, Antonela, Tonka (Croatian), Teuna (Dutch), Antonette, Toni, Tonia, Tonya (English), Latonya (English (African American)), Toini (Finnish), Antonella, Antonietta, Tonina (Italian), Tonka (Slovene)
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