Given name & surname
Appolonia
Appolonia is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Appolonia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Appolonia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 0 boys · 94 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 131 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Appolonia’s family of names
Appolonia has a diminutive in Abelchen.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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