Antonina
Antonina carries the sense of "priceless, worthy of praise", rooted in Slavic tradition. Around 72,000 women in Poland go by it, and it still lands on newborn girls at a steady rate: familiar without being on every class register.
Antonina Pronunciation
Antonina is pronounced ahn-to-NYEE-nah (/antɔˈɲina/).
What Antonina means
Where Antonina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Antonina sits in the Slavic branch of names, standing next to its cross-gender partner Antoni. Polish speech has worn it down into a household of shorter forms: Antosia, Tosia, and Tola. The variant Antanina turns up too. The sense of "priceless, worthy of praise" was attached to the name later, a meaning handed along with it rather than a literal root.
March 1 is the name-day for Antonina, and some also mark May 3, which falls on Poland's Constitution Day. The long form suits an official document; the short forms suit everything else.
The name has a firm history. A Tosia in a school register grows into an Antonina on adult paperwork. The forms give the bearer options. Tola is blunt and quick. And the full name keeps its old sense of being worthy of praise.
When Antonina celebrates name day
Antonina appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 1 March.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Antonina
1 in 315 women in Poland is named Antonina. 71,650 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #152 among female names.
Antonina's popularity over time
2,507 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #25 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where parents choose Antonina
Antonina is most popular in Greater Poland, 17% above the national average (2,609 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+8%) and West Pomeranian (+8%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Lesser Poland, 22% and 12% below average respectively.
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Greater Poland
+17%1 in 83 babies
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Pomeranian
+8%1 in 89 babies
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West Pomeranian
+8%1 in 89 babies
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Podlaskie
−22%1 in 124 babies
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Lesser Poland
−12%1 in 109 babies
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Subcarpathian
−8%1 in 104 babies
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Greater Poland+17% 2,609 born1 in 83 babies+17%
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Pomeranian+8% 1,654 born1 in 89 babies+8%
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West Pomeranian+8% 948 born1 in 89 babies+8%
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Łódź+5% 1,384 born1 in 92 babies+5%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+2% 1,162 born1 in 94 babies+2%
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Masovian+2% 3,758 born1 in 94 babies+2%
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Warmian-Masurian+1% 753 born1 in 95 babies+1%
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Holy Cross±0% 575 born1 in 96 babies±0%
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Lublin−1% 1,058 born1 in 97 babies−1%
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Lubusz−1% 511 born1 in 97 babies−1%
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Silesian−3% 2,283 born1 in 100 babies−3%
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Lower Silesian−7% 1,518 born1 in 104 babies−7%
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Opole−7% 447 born1 in 103 babies−7%
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Subcarpathian−8% 1,157 born1 in 104 babies−8%
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Lesser Poland−12% 2,074 born1 in 109 babies−12%
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Podlaskie−22% 530 born1 in 124 babies−22%
Antonina as a middle name
Antonina is a first name for 71,650 women in Poland and a middle name for another 41,518, a 63/37 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 56th, between Marzena (41,980) and Wiesława (40,307).
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#54 Stefania42,168
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#55 Marzena41,980
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#56 Antonina41,518
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#57 Wiesława40,307
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#58 Edyta39,174