Kapitolina
One of the rarest names on the register: fewer than twenty women in Poland carry it, and no girl has been given it this century. It comes from Latin, tied to the Capitol, the Roman hill, and reaches Poland through Russian use.
Kapitolina Pronunciation
Kapitolina is pronounced kah-pee-to-LEE-nah (/kapitɔˈlina/).
What Kapitolina means
Where Kapitolina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kapitolina comes from Latin, from the Capitoline, one of the seven hills of Rome. The short meaning keeps that root: from the capitol. The name left the hill and settled in Russian, where it became Kapitolina, Капитолина.
Its Christian anchor is Saint Capitolina of Cappadocia. She was noble and rich. Martyred around 304 under Diocletian, she gave her property to the poor and freed the people she had enslaved before her arrest. She confessed her faith and was beheaded the following day. Orthodox tradition keeps her memory on November 9, and that is the name day Kapitolinas mark.
The Roman hill became a woman's name, and that name became a Russian saint's. In a Polish class register it looks unfamiliar. Read the ending, though, and the Latin is still there: from the capitol.
When Kapitolina celebrates name day
Kapitolina appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 27 October.
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 Kapitolina
1 in 1252435 women in Poland is named Kapitolina. 18 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #10703 among female names.