Antonina

Where Antonina comes from

Borrowed from Latin Antōnīna, feminine form of Antōnīnus, derivative of Antōnius. Name of obscure early martyrs venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
— Wiktionary's entry for Antonina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 495
    Antonina born
    wife of Belisarius
  2. 1893
    First appearance
    #1,437 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1915
    Peak, #865
    57 babies named Antonina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1920
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,550.
  5. 1987
    Antonina Krivoshapka born
    Russian 400 metres sprinter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin of mainly historical use English.
Namesakes
  • Antonina Krivoshapka · Russian 400 metres sprinter, born 1987
  • Antonina · wife of Belisarius, 495–565
  • Antonina Nezhdanova · Russian opera singer, 1873–1950
  • Antonina Makarova · Russian Nazi collaborator, war criminal, 1920–1979
  • Antonina Seredina · Soviet-Russian canoe racer, 1929–2016

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.