Apolonia
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: a female given name, masculine equivalent Apolonio
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/apolonja/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Apolonia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 7.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 8.2K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 141 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, masculine equivalent Apolonio
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Apolonia is read(measured from records)
Apolonia is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish65%
a female given name, masculine equivalent Apolonio
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English14%
A barangay of Paranas, Samar, Philippines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Portuguese10%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Apolonia in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Apolonia counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Apolonia | 28 |
| PL Poland | — | 8,546 | 1 in 4.5K | 8.5K | — | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 4,958 | 1 in 3.5K | 4.9K | Apolonia | 20 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Apolonia | 30 |
| US United States | — | 2,053 | 1 in 162K | 2K | Apolonia | 141 |
| PY Paraguay | #669 | ≈880 est. | ≈1 in 8.2K | — | Apolonia | 9 |
| NI Nicaragua | #343 | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 7.5K | — | Apolonia | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Apolonia Ustrzyckab. 1736PLPolish noble
- Apolonia Makowskab. 1856PLPolish teacher (1856-1952)
- Pola Gojawiczyńskab. 1896PLnot in their usual namePolish writer (1896–1963)
- Pola Negrib. 1897PLnot in their usual namePolish actress (1897-1987)
- Apolonia Migdenb. 1902PLPolish Righteous Among the Nations
- Apolonia Ołdakb. 1904PLPolish Righteous Among the Nations
- Apolonia Litwińskab. 1928PLPolish chess player
- Chelo Alonsob. 1933CUnot in their usual nameCuban dancer and actress (1933-2019)
- Pola Raksab. 1941PLnot in their usual namePolish actress
- Marjolein van 't Geloofb. 1996NLnot in their usual nameDutch cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8.5K | #205 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 8.5K | #205 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 4.9K | #420 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #7,441 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 1.9K | #1,396 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 468 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 53 | #6,449 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26 | #7,441 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 15 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Apolonia mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, masculine equivalent Apolonio Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Apolonia?
- A machine transcription gives /apolonja/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Apolonia a male or female name?
- Apolonia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Apolonia?
- In the etymology graph, Apolline, Apollonia and Polona are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Apolonia have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Apolonia in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled apolonia.
- Where is Apolonia most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Apolonia is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Apolonia?
- In Poland, the national register counted 8,546 people named Apolonia in 2026, about 1 in 4.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Apolonia compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Apolonia is the 343rd most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Apolonia?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/apoloniaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Apolonia” — the 343rd most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.