Konstantin

Konstantin

Pronunciation	Russian: [kənstɐnʲˈtʲin]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"constant, steadfast" [1]
Other names
Nickname(s)	Costel, Costin, Konsti, Konsta, Konse, Kosti, Kosta, Kostya
Derived	Constantinus[2]
Related names	Constantinus, Constantine, Konstantine, Kostandin

The first name Konstantin (

are often referred to by this name.

"Konstantin" means "firm, constant".

There is a number of variations of the name throughout European cultures:

• Константин (Konstantin) in Russian (diminutive Костя/Kostya), Bulgarian (diminutives Косьо/Kosyo, Коце/Kotse) and Serbian
• Костянтин (Kostiantyn) in Ukrainian (diminutive Костя/Kostya)
• Канстанцін (Kanstantsin) in Belarusian
• Konstantinas in Lithuanian
• Konstantīns in Latvian
• Konstanty in Polish (diminutive Kostek)
• Constantin in Romanian (diminutive Costel), French
• Constantino in Spanish
• Konstandin/Konstantin in Albania (usually among Orthodox people)
• Κωνσταντῖνος (Kōnstantînos) in Greek (diminutives include Kostas, Kostakis, Kostîs, Ntînos, Dînos)
• Considine in Irish
• Còiseam in Scottish Gaelic.
• კოტე (Kote) in Georgia

People bearing the name Konstantin include:

Given name

• Konstantin of Rostov (1186–1218), Grand Prince of Vladimir
• Konstantin Chernenko (1911–1985), Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party
• Konstantin Dobrev (born 1974), Bulgarian badminton player
• Konstantin Ernst, Russian media manager, producer and TV host
• Konstantin Feoktistov (1926–2009), Soviet cosmonaut
• Konstantin Grigorishin (born 1965), Ukrainian billionaire businessman
• Konstanty Kalinowski (1838–1864), 19th-century revolutionary who was one of the leaders of the January Uprising in Congress Poland
• Konstantin Khanin, Russian mathematician
• Konstantin Koltsov, Belarusian hockey player (1981–2024)
• Konstantin Konik (1873–1936), Estonian politician and surgeon
• Konstantin Korovin (1861–1939), Russian painter
• Konstantin Kravchuk (born 1985), Russian tennis player
• Konstantin Krizhevsky (1926–2000), Russian footballer
• Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), Russian philosopher
• Konstantin Märska (1896–1951), Estonian cinematographer
• Konstantin Nahk (born 1975), Estonian football player
• Konstantin von Neurath (1873–1956), German diplomat
• Konstantin Päts (1874–1956), Estonian politician, first President of Estonia
• Konstantin Petrzhak (1907-1998), Soviet physicist
• Konstantin Pysin (1910–1984), Soviet politician
• Konstantin Ramul (1879–1975), Estonian psychologist
• Konstantin Rodzaevsky (1907-1946), The leader of the Russian Fascist Party
• Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896-1968), Marshal of the Soviet Union
• Konstantin Romanov (disambiguation)
  • Konstantin Romanov (ice hockey) (born 1985), Russian-Kazakh ice hockey player
  • Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia
    (1779–1831), grand duke of Russia, son of Paul I
  • Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (1827–1892), grand duke of Russia, son of Nicholas I
  • Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858–1915), grand duke of Russia, grandson of Nicholas I, famous Russian poet
  • Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (1891–1918), prince of Russia
• Konstantin Rudnev (1911–1980), Soviet politician
• Konstantin Shvedchikov (1884–1952), Soviet official
• Konstantin Stanislavsky
  (1863–1938), Russian actor and theater director
• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory
• Konstantín Alexeyevich Vasilyev (1942–1976), Russian illustrator
• Konstantin Vassiljev (born 1984), Estonian football player
• Konstantin Wecker (born 1947), German singer-songwriter

Surname

• Knyaz Konstantin (disambiguation)
• Leopoldine Konstantin (1886–1965), Austrian actress
• Stefan Konstantin (1282–1322), King of the Serbian Kingdom

Fictional characters

• Konstantin Levin, fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
• Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplev, fictional character in Anton Chekhov's play The Seagull
• Konstantin, fictional character in Codename Villanelle (2018 novel) and Killing Eve (2018—2022 television show)

See also

• Konstantine
• Constantin
• Konstantinov
• Konstantinovsk
• Konstantinovsky (disambiguation)
• Konstantinovka (disambiguation)

References