Entry № 738 · Greek origin

Antigone Antigone — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-TIG-oh-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Worthy of one's parents"
Syllables
3
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.

Antigone is rare as a given name but rising.

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.

Antigone does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Antigones before her.

Real people

In fiction
Antigone
Heroine of Sophocles's tragedy.
c. 441 BCE play

Names connected to Antigone.

The number behind Antigone.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Antigone reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.