Girl · Greek
Antigone
Say it: an-TIG-uh-nee
Meaning
Uncertain. From anti 'against' or 'in place of' and gonē 'birth, offspring', but the intended sense is debated.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by Macedonian royal women and still given in Greece as Antigoni.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 358 babies given this name since 1962
- At its height in 1997, about 1 in 108,800 girls
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Greek | Antigoni |
|---|---|
| French | Antigone |
Famous bearers
- Antigone, heroine of Sophocles' tragedy
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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