Entry № 426 · Greek origin

Antigone Antigone — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-TIG-oh-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Worthy of one's parents"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "worthy of one's parents".

Antigone (Ἀντιγόνη) comes from the Greek anti (worthy of) and gone (one's parents, generation) — meaning "worthy of one's parents." Sophocles's tragedy Antigone (c. 441 BCE) features the heroine who defies King Creon to bury her brother — one of the most studied works in Western literature.

Antigone is rare as a given name but rising. The name carries weight in feminist and philosophical literature — Judith Butler, Simone Weil, and many others have written about her.

Worthy of one's parents. Sophocles's defiant heroine.

The name in its native script.

Ἀντιγόνη
Transliteration
Antigónē
Pronunciation
/ ænˈtɪɡ.ə.ni /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Antigone stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Antigone · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Antigones before her.

Real people
Antigone
Modern; few well-known bearers.
In fiction
Antigone
Heroine of Sophocles's tragedy.
c. 441 BCE play

Names connected to Antigone.

The number behind Antigone.

6

The Nurturer

Antigone reduces to six — the number of defiant moral worth.

Why families chose this name.

"She buries her brother knowing it costs her life. The most moral character in Greek tragedy. Our daughter."
Catherine · Mother of one · Cambridge