Apollonia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning of Apollo, god of sun and prophecy.
Apollonia by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Apollonia. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 1985, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Apollonia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Apollonia, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sun
Like Apollonia, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Apollonia
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