Antonina (name)
Antonina and Antoņina are feminine given names and nicknames. It is a Bulgarian, Latin, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian given name that is an alternate form of Antonia in use in Israel, Vietnam, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. It is a Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish diminutive form of Antonia in use in Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, parts of the Republic of Karelia, Germany, Italy, Northern Estonia, Austria, eastern Switzerland, and parts of Romania and Hungary. Antoņina is a Latvian alternate form of Antonia in use in Latvia. Notable people with this name include the following:Given name
Arts
- Antonina Houbraken, Dutch draughtswoman
- Antonina Koptiaeva, Soviet novelist
- Antonina Kymytval, Russian writer
- Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer
- Antonina Niemiryczowa, Polish poet
- Antonina Riasanovsky, Russian author
- Antonina Rzhevskaya, Russian painter
- Antonina Żabińska, was a Polish writer
Entertainment
- Antonina Abarinova, Russian opera singer
- Antonina Girycz, Polish actress
- Antonina Hoffmann, Polish theatre actress
- Antonina Krzysztoń, Polish singer-songwriter
- Antonina Matviyenko, Ukrainian singer
- Antonina Miliukova, wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Antonina Nezhdanova, Russian opera singer
- Antonina Prusinowska, Polish stage actress
- Antonina Shuranova, Russian actress
- Antonina Szumowska, birthname of Antoinette Szumowska, Polish pianist
Military/War
- Antonina Khudyakova, Soviet Air Force officer
- Antonina Lebedeva, Soviet Air Force officer
- Antonina Makarova, Soviet war criminal
- Antonina Petrova, Soviet partisan and medic
- Antonina Tomaszewska, Lithuanian noblewoman and rebel
- Antonina Wyrzykowska, Polish Righteous Among the Nations honoree
- Antonina Zubkova, Soviet Air Force officer
Politics
- Antonina Kravchuk, Ukrainian First Lady
- Antonina Stoyanova, Bulgarian IP lawyer, diplomat and social activist, who was the Bulgarian First Lady
- Antonina Uccello, American politician
Science
- Antonina Borissova, Russian botanist
- Antonina Pirozhkova, Russian civil engineer
- Antonina Pojarkova, Russian botanist
- Antonina Prikhot'ko, Russian physicist
Sports
- Antonina Dragašević, Bulgarian chess player
- Antonina Dubinina, Serbian figure skater
- Antonina Ivanova, Soviet shot putter
- Antonina Koshel, Soviet artistic gymnast
- Antonina Krivoshapka, Russian middle distance athlete
- Antonina Latinik-Rieger, Polish fencer
- Antonina Lazareva, Soviet high jump athlete
- Antonina Melnikova, Belarusian canoer
- Antonina Nastoburko, Ukrainian sprint athlete
- Antonina Ordina, Swedish cross country skier
- Antonina Popova, Soviet discus athlete
- Antonina Pustovit, Ukrainian former rower
- Antonina Rubtsova, Kazakhstani volleyball player
- Antonina Rudenko, Soviet swimmer
- Antonina Ryzhova, Soviet volleyball player
- Antonina Seredina, Russian sprint canoeist
- Antonina Shevchenko, Kyrgyzstani Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist
- Antonina Skorobogatchenko, Russian handballer
- Antonina Yefremova, Ukrainian middle distance athlete
- Antonina Zelikovich, Russian rower
- Antonina Zetova, Bulgarian volleyball player
Other
- Antonina , Byzantine patrikia and wife of Belisarius
- Antonina Bludova, Russian philanthropist and lady-in-waiting
- Antonina W. Bouis, American translator
- Blessed Antonina De Angelis, Italian Roman Catholic
- Antonina Kłoskowska, Polish sociologist
- Antonina Roxa, Falkland Island colonist
- Saint Antonina of Antonina and Alexander, Roman martyr
Middle name
- Hanna Antonina Wojcik Slak, Polish-born Slovenian film director and screenwriter
- Blessed Maria Antonina Kratochwil, Austro-Hungarian Catholic saints
- Rachel Fanny Antonina Lee, British kidnap victim
