Connie

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Connie (disambiguation).

Connie is a given name. It is often a pet form (hypocorism) of Concetta, Constance, Cornelia, Cornelius or Connor, Conrad, Constanza, 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.^[1]

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 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 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 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 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 Willis (born 1945), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Connie Yori (born 1963), American basketball coach

Transgender women

• Connie Norman (1949–1996), American AIDS, gay, and transgender rights activist

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 League, National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association player and Harlem Globetrotter
• 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, portrayed by Stephanie Beacham in the homonymous 1985 British television drama series Connie
• Connie, a Wattanist in the 2024 Nintendo Switch game Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Connie, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
• Constance "Connie" Beauchamp, from the BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty
• Connie Blair, heroine of 12 mystery novels for adolescent girls written by Betty Cavanna
• Constance "Connie" Brooks (see Our Miss Brooks), fictional English language teacher
• Connie Clayton, from the soap opera Coronation Street
• Connie Corleone, played by Talia Shire in The Godfather movie trilogy
• Connie Crane, Cap’n Crane’s wife and a character from PB&J Otter
• Connie D'Amico, a supporting character and rival of Meg Griffin from the television series Family Guy
• Connie Falconeri, one of two personalities of the character Kate Howard from the soap opera General Hospital
• Connie Kendall, from the radio series Adventures in Odyssey
• Connie Kurridge, the titular character of Connie, a newspaper comic strip created by Frank Godwin
• Connie Maheswaran, a supporting character from the television series Steven Universe
• 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
• Kahn Jr. "Connie" Souphanousinphone, a supporting character from the television series King of the Hill
• Connie Springer, a supporting character from the anime/manga series Attack on Titan
• Connie Thompson (nicknamed "Creepy Connie"), from the Disney television series Jessie
• Connie, the titular character of Connie the Cow (La Vaca Connie), a Spanish children's television series
• Connie, the main character of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", a short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• Connie Marble, portrayed by Mink Stole in Pink Flamingos, a movie by John Waters
• Connie Tucker, played by Annie Potts in Young Sheldon, prequel to The Big Bang Theory

Animals

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

See also

• Konnie Huq (born 1975), British television presenter
• Conny, a given name or surname (including a list of persons with the name)
• Kalitta Air, callsign "Connie"