Antigone

an-TIG-o-nee

Greek

"worthy of one's parents, in place of one's parents"

The name Antigone peaked for girls at #4876 in 1975.

Popularity of the name Antigone

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Famous People Named Antigone

• Antigone of Macedon mother of Queen Berenice I of Egypt
• Antigone of Epirus wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus
• Antigone of Gloucester Countess of Tankerville, daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester
• Antigone Kefala Australian writer

The name Antigone in Pop Culture

• Antigone daughter and half,sister of Oedipus in Greek mythology; subject of Sophocles' play "Antigone"
• Antigone of Troy daughter of Laomedon, whose hair was turned into snakes by Hera; later turned into a stork by another god
• Antigone wife of Peleus who died by suicide after her husband was accused of infidelity
• Antigone Hewitt Detective Hewitt's wife in the "Flavia de Luce" series by Alan Bradley
• Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides character on TV's "True Detective"
• Antigone Funn major character in podcast Wooden Overcoats
• Antigonus Sicilian lord in Shakespeare's play "A Winter's Tale" (1623)
• Queen Antikonie character in German Arthurian legend