Antonina and Antoņina are feminine given names and nicknames. It is a Bulgarian, Latin, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian given name that is an alternate form of Antonia in use in Israel, Vietnam, Moldova, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. It is a Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish diminutive form of Antonia in use in Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, parts of the Republic of Karelia, Germany, Italy, Northern Estonia, Austria, eastern Switzerland, and parts of Romania and Hungary. Antoņina is a Latvian alternate form of Antonia in use in Latvia. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

Arts

Antonina Houbraken (1686–1736), Dutch draughtswoman

Antonina Koptiaeva (1909–1991), Soviet novelist

Antonina Kymytval (1938–2015), Russian writer

Antonina Liedtke, Polish writer

Antonina Niemiryczowa (1702–1780), Polish poet

Antonina Riasanovsky (1895–1985), Russian author

Antonina Rzhevskaya (1861–1934), Russian painter

Antonina Żabińska (1908–1971), was a Polish writer

Entertainment

Antonina Abarinova (1842–1901), Russian opera singer

Antonina Girycz (1939–2022), Polish actress

Antonina Hoffmann (1842–1897), Polish theatre actress

Antonina Krzysztoń (born 1954), Polish singer-songwriter

Antonina Matviyenko (born 1981), Ukrainian singer

Antonina Miliukova (1848–1917), wife of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Antonina Nezhdanova (1873–1950), Russian opera singer Antonina Prusinowska (fl. 1767), Polish stage actress Antonina Shuranova (1936–2003), Russian actress Antonina Szumowska, birthname of Antoinette Szumowska (1868–1938), Polish pianist

Antonina (name)

Military/War

Antonina Khudyakova (1917–1998), Soviet Air Force officer

Antonina Lebedeva (1916–1943), Soviet Air Force officer

Antonina Makarova (1921–1979), Soviet war criminal

Antonina Petrova (1915–1941), Soviet partisan and medic

Antonina Tomaszewska (1814–1883), Polish noblewoman and rebel

Antonina Wyrzykowska (1916–2011), Polish Righteous Among the Nations honoree

Antonina Zubkova (1920–1950), Soviet Air Force officer

Politics

Antonina Kravchuk (born 1935), Ukrainian First Lady

Antonina Stoyanova (born 1952), Bulgarian IP lawyer, diplomat and social activist, who was the Bulgarian First Lady Antonina Uccello (1922–2023), American politician

Antonina (name)

Science

Antonina Borissova (1903–1970), Russian botanist

Antonina Dvoryanets (1952–2014), Ukrainian hydraulic engineer and political activist Antonina Pirozhkova (1909–2010), Russian civil engineer Antonina Pojarkova (1897–1980), Russian botanist Antonina Prikhot'ko (1906–1995), Russian physicist

Antonina (name)

Sports

Antonina Dragašević (born 1948), Bulgarian chess player

Antonina Dubinina (born 1996), Serbian figure skater

Antonina Ivanova (1932–2006), Soviet shot putter

Antonina Koshel (born 1954), Soviet artistic gymnast

Antonina Krivoshapka (born 1987), Russian middle-distance athlete

Antonina Latinik-Rieger (1906–1989), Polish fencer

Antonina Lazareva (born 1941), Soviet high jump athlete

Antonina Melnikova (born 1958), Belarusian canoer

Antonina Nastoburko (born 1959), Ukrainian sprint athlete

Antonina Ordina (born 1962), Swedish cross country skier

Antonina Popova (born 1935), Soviet discus athlete

Antonina Pustovit (born 1955), Ukrainian former rower

Antonina Rubtsova (born 1984), Kazakhstani volleyball player

Antonina Rudenko (born 1950), Soviet swimmer

Antonina Ryzhova (1934–2020), Soviet volleyball player

Antonina Seredina (1929–2016), Russian sprint canoeist

Antonina Shevchenko (born 1984), Kyrgyzstani Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist Antonina Skorobogatchenko (born 1999), Russian handballer Antonina Yefremova (born 1981), Ukrainian middle-distance athlete Antonina Zelikovich (born 1958), Russian rower Antonina Zetova (born 1973), Bulgarian volleyball player