Antonina is from the Polish Antonina — foundational feminine of Antoni + foundational from Latin Antonius (Roman family name of foundational uncertain Etruscan origin). A modern American baby name in the broader Polish-Slavic heritage aesthetic. Antonina is one of the foundational Polish feminine names — central to traditional Polish + Italian Catholic heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Antonina Żabińska (1908-1971) — foundational legendary foundational Polish-Jewish-Catholic WWII heroine + foundational wife of foundational Jan Żabiński foundational director of Warsaw Zoo + foundational together hid ~300 Jews during foundational Nazi German occupation of Poland 1939-1945 + foundational central to foundational *Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife (2007) foundational nonfiction book + foundational Niki Caro's 2017 film starring Jessica Chastain + foundational central to foundational Polish Holocaust resistance heritage + foundational Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations honor 1965; foundational also foundational Empress Antonina (c. 484-565) foundational Byzantine empress + foundational wife of foundational General Belisarius + foundational central to foundational Justinian's reconquest of Western Roman Empire + foundational central to foundational Procopius's Secret History*; foundational also Antonina Krzysztoń Polish singer-songwriter + foundational pioneering Polish folk music. Foundational Polish feminine name reflecting Catholic + WWII heritage.
Featured throughout Polish heritage.
Antonina reduces to five.