Given name
Antigone
Antigone is a given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Antigone is associated with the daughter of Oedipus.
Antigone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 388
- 0 boys · 388 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 441 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Antigone’s family of names
Antigone has a related form in Antigoni. Antigone has a related form in Antigonea. Antigone has a related form in Antigoney.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Antigonnelikely variant
- Antygoneevariant
- Antygonievariant
- Antygonivariant
- Antygonevariant
- Antigoneavariant
- Antigoneyvariant
- Antigonyvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Antigone
- Antigone CostandaEgyptian modelborn 1934
- Antigone of Epiruswife of Pyrrhus I, king of Epire350 BC–294 BC
- Antigone of Macedondaughter of Cassander, mother of Berenice I of Egypt400 BC–360 BC
- Antigoni ValakouGreek film and stage actress1930–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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