Given name · also Latin
Apolonia
Apolonia is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish, Polish, and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Apolonia comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Polish usage, Apolonia developed from Ἀπολλωνία.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Apolonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,084
- 0 boys · 1,084 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #7,172 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,172 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 26.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,053 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.
Apolonia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Apolonia has a diminutive in POLA. In Polish usage, Apolonia developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἀπολλωνία. In Polish usage, Apolonia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Apollonia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Apolonia has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Apolonia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ApolloniaEnglish, German
- ApollineFrench
- Apolonijaequivalent
- АполлонияRussian
- ApolôniaPortuguese
- ApolóniaPortuguese
- Apoloniuszhas masculine form
- ApollóniaHungarian
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People named Apolonia
- Pola RaksaPolish actressborn 1941
- Pola GojawiczyńskaPolish writer (1896–1963)
- Apolonia LizárragaSpanish martyr (1867–1936)
- Apolonia SokolFrench painter (born 1988)
- Apolonia UstrzyckaPolish noble1736–1814
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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