Entry № 736 · Greek origin

Antigoni Antigoni — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahn-tee-GOH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Modern Greek Antigone"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "modern greek antigone".

Antigoni (Αντιγόνη) is the modern Greek form of Antigone — "against birth." The heroine of Sophocles' tragedy, who defied King Creon to bury her brother Polynices in obedience to divine law. The most enduring symbol of civil disobedience and conscience in Western literature.

Used widely in modern Greece.

Against birth. The modern Greek Antigone — the symbol of conscience.

The name in its native script.

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

Where Antigoni stands.

Antigoni 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.

Antigonis before her.

Real people
Antigoni
Common Greek name.
In fiction
Antigoni
Heroine of Sophocles' tragedy.
c. 441 BCE

Names connected to Antigoni.

The number behind Antigoni.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Antigoni reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.