Connie

Connie (/ˈkɒni/) is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, Cornelius, Conor, Conrad, Constanza, Concepcion/Conception, Consuela, Consuelo, or Conner. Many Asian-American women were named after journalist Connie Chung in the 1980s even though the name was not otherwise popular at the time.

Given name or nickname

Women

Connie Achurra (born 1977), Chilean chef
Connie Adam (1927–2021), English fencer
Connie Binsfeld (1924–2014), American politician
Connie Booth (born 1944), American actress and writer, former wife of John Cleese
Connie Boucher (1923-1995), American businesswoman
Connie Britton (born 1967), American actress, singer and producer
Connie Brockway (born 1954), American historical and romance novelist
Connie Bush (1919–1997), Australian aboriginal health worker
Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born 1957), American retired cyclist and speed skater
Connie Chung (born 1946), American journalist
Constance Clayton (1933–2023), American educator and civic leader
Connie Cody, Canadian politician
Connie Constance (born 1995), British singer and songwriter
Connie Conway (born 1950), American politician
Connie Desmond (1908–1983), American baseball sportscaster
Connie Dierking (1936–2013), American Basketball League and National Basketball Association player
Connie Eaves (1944–2024), Canadian biologist
Connie Ediss (1870–1934), English actress and singer
Connie Egan (born 1994), Northern Irish politician
Connie Ferguson (born 1970), South African-Motswana actress, filmmaker, producer and businesswoman
Connie Fife (1961–2017), Canadian Cree poet and editor
Connie Fisher (born 1983), Northern Irish-born Welsh actress and singer
Connie Fleming, American supermodel
Connie Francis (1937–2025), American singer, actress, and vocalist
Connie Gilchrist (1901–1985), American actress
Connie Guion (1882–1971), American professor of medicine
Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney (1865–1946), British child artist's model, actress, dancer, and singer
Connie Hines (1931–2009), American actress
Connie Hansen (born 1964), Danish Paralympian
Connie Hedegaard (born 1960), Danish politician
Connie Johnson (fundraiser) (1977–2017), Australian philanthropist
Connie L. Johnson, American politician
Connie Laliberte (born 1960), Canadian curler, 1984 world champion
Connie Lawson (born 1949), American politician, Indiana Secretary of State
Connie Lewcock (1894–1980), British suffragette, arsonist and socialist
Connie Meijer (1963–1988), Dutch cyclist
Connie Mitchell (born c. 1977), South African-born Australian singer-songwriter also known as Miss Connie
Connie Morrison, American politician and businesswoman
Connie Newman, American endocrinologist and physician-scientist
Connie Nielsen (born 1965), Danish actress
Connie Norman (1949–1996), American AIDS, gay, and transgender rights activist
Connie O'Brien (born 1946), American politician
Connie Palmen (born 1955), Dutch author
Connie Panzarino (1947–2001) American writer and activist for disability and LGBTQ rights
Connie Porter (born 1959), American author
Connie Price-Smith (born 1962), American former shot putter and discus thrower
Connie Ramsay (born 1988), Scottish judoka
Connie Russell (1923–1990), American singer and actress
Connie Ruth (born 1944), American politician
Connie Schultz (born 1957), American writer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist
Connie Sison (born 1975), Filipina journalist
Connie Smith (born 1941), American country music singer and songwriter born Constance June Meador
Connie Smith (born 1942), a missing American girl who disappeared from her Connecticut summer camp in 1952
Connie Steinmetz, American politician
Connie Talbot (born 2000), English child singer, finalist in the first series of Britain's Got Talent
Connie Van Houten, American politician
Connie Willis (born 1945), American science fiction and fantasy writer
Connie Yori (born 1963), American basketball coach

Men

Connie Brown (1917–1966), Canadian National Hockey League player
Connie Dion (1918–2014), Canadian National Hockey League player
Connie B. Gay (1914–1989), American country music talent scout/manager, owner of radio and television stations and music executive
Connie Grob (1932–1997), American baseball player
Connie Hawkins (1942–2017), American basketball player
Connie Jones (1934–2019), American jazz trumpeter and cornetist from New Orleans
Connie Johnson (baseball) (1922–2004), American pitcher in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball
Connie Keane (1930–2010), Irish hurler in the 1950s
Connie Kelly (1949–1985), Irish retired hurler
L. William O'Connell (1890–1985), American cinematographer
Connie Mack (1862–1956), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
Connie Mack III (born 1940), American politician and attorney, grandson of Connie Mack
Connie Mack IV (born 1967), American politician, son of the above
Connie Murphy (1870–1945), American Major League Baseball catcher
Connie Sheehan (1889–1950), Irish hurler in the 1910s and '20s
Connie Simmons (1925–1989), American National Basketball Association player
Connie Zelencik (1955–2021), American football player

Stage or pen name

Connie Deka and Connie Lane, pen names of Constance Laux (born 1952), American romance novelist
Connie Francis (1937–2025), American singer Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero
Connie Glynn (born 1994), English YouTuber and author Constance Ella Glynn
Connie Kay (1927–1994), American jazz drummer born Conrad Henry Kirnon
Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia in 1955), American actress, producer and former model
Connie Stevens (born 1938), American actress and singer Concetta Rosalie Ann Ingoglia
Connie (freestyle singer), American singer Consuelo Piriz
Connie (Burmese singer) (born 1967), Burmese singer born Yadana Tun

Fictional characters

Connie Blair, heroine of 12 mystery novels for adolescent girls written by Betty Cavanna
Connie Clayton, from the soap opera Coronation Street
Connie Corleone, played by Talia Shire in The Godfather movie trilogy
Connie Kurridge, the titular character of Connie, a newspaper comic strip created by Frank Godwin
Connie Rubirosa, a character of Law & Order, an Assistant District Attorney, portrayed by Alana De La Garza
Connie Sachs, from the Karla Trilogy spy novels by John le Carré
Connie (The Walking Dead), a fictional character from The Walking Dead
Connie Springer [ko], a fictional character from Attack on Titan

Animals

Konni (dog) (1999–2014), Vladimir Putin's dog, also known as Connie

Notes

↑ Wang, Connie (2023-05-11). "Opinion Why Are There So Many Asian American Women Named Connie?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-11.

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[1] Wang, Connie (2023-05-11). "Opinion Why Are There So Many Asian American Women Named Connie?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-11.