THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Apolonia
Apolonia is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. Its individual lexical definition is supplied below. The entry’s language identifies where this name sense is documented, without establishing an ultimate etymological origin.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /apoˈlonja/
- [a.poˈlo.nja]
A · po · lo · nia4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name
Wiktionary: Apolonia (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, masculine equivalent Apolonio
Wiktionary: Apolonia (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Apolonia in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Apolonia
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Apolonio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Antonia♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Apolinar♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Altenia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Anania·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Apilis·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Apleng♀Short form of Apple
- Apolinario♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Apolonia?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Apolonia further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Apolonia (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Apolonia (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.