Antonina is a distinctive choice, ranked #1315 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Antonina in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1315
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About the Name Antonina
Antonina has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 696 places in five years. It was most popular in 2017 at #493 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Antonina is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Antonina in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Antonina
Antonina Khyzhniak โ Antonina Valeriyivna Khyzhniak is a Ukrainian actress.
Antonina Kravchuk โ Antonina Mykhailivna Kravchuk is a Ukrainian former educator and publisher, who served as First Lady of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994 as the wife of President Leonid Kravchuk.
Antonina Makhina โ Antonina Viktorovna Makhina-Dumcheva-Zelikovich is a Russian rower.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Antonina
Unlikely. With around 24 UK babies named Antonina per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Antonina in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Antonina is declining: down 605 places since 2020, to #1,315 in 2025. It peaked at #493 in 2017.
Antonina is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Antonina include: Antonina Khyzhniak, Antonina Kravchuk and Antonina Makhina. Short summaries for each appear below.
Antonina does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Antoninas in the wild.
24
UK babies named Antonina (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 605 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Antonina
Almost certainly the only Antonina in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Antonina
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Antonina Mykhailivna Kravchuk is a Ukrainian former educator and publisher, who served as First Lady of Ukraine from 1991 to 1994 as the wife of President Leonid Kravchuk.
Antonina Vallentin (pseudonym of Antonina Vallentin Luchaire, nรฉe Silberstein, born in Lemberg 3 October 1893, dead in Paris 29 August 1957), was a Polish-born biographer, art critic, editor and translator.