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Girl · Greek, through Latin
Apolline
Say it: ah-poh-LEEN
Meaning
From Latin Apollonia, 'belonging to Apollo'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A saint's name rediscovered by French parents in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 61 babies given this name since 2007
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 176,800 girls
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Apollonia |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Apollonia |
Famous bearers
- Saint Apollonia, martyr of Alexandria
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.