Apolline

\a.pɔ.lin\♀French girl's name

A French girl's name of Latin origin.

At a glance

GenderFeminine
OriginLatin
Pronunciation\a.pɔ.lin\
Also spelledApoline, Apollonie, Apollyne, Apolyne, Appoline, Appolline
Compound namesMarie-Apolline

Origin and meaning

Borrowed from Latin Apollōnia, from Ancient Greek Ἀπολλωνία (Apollōnía).

Where it is mostly given

  • France
  • Belgium

Around the world

  • OccitanApollònia
  • PolishApolonia

In literature

« Il y a aussi ma cousine Apollonie ; on l’appelle la Polonie. C’est comme ça qu’ils ont baptisé leur fille, ces paysans ! »
Jules Vallès, L’Enfant, G. Charpentier, 1889

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Mecanautes (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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