Polina is a

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(Πωλίνα), French,

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feminine

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of Latin origin. It is sometimes a short form of the name Apollinariya, a feminine form of the ancient

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Apollinaris, a name derived from the Greek god

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. In Greek mythology Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin of Artemis. He was the god of prophecy, medicine, music, art, law, beauty, and wisdom. Later he also became the god of the sun and light. Apollinaris is the name of several ancient Christian saints.

Saint Apollonia Saint Apollonia ( el, Αγία Απολλωνία, cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲟⲛⲓⲁ) was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius ...

was an early Christian martyr venerated in the

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and the patron saint of dentists and those battling problems with their teeth. Polina could also be seen as a variant spelling of the name Paulina, a feminine form of the name

Paul Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

or Paulus, or Pauline which is a French form of Paulina, a female version of Paulinus, a variant of Paulus meaning the ''little'', hence ''the younger''. The corresponding form for the name in Italian is Paolina (Paula corresponds to Paola). In Russian, the corresponding name is Полина (pronounced Palina). A Finnish form of the name is Pauliina; in Greece it is Παυλίνα or Πωλίνα (Paulina, pronounced Pavleena or Paulina, Poleena). In French, other diminutives of Paula exist, namely Paulette and Pauletta. The name Polina is ranked on the 5,384th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used. It's estimated that there are at least 55600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. Polina was the second most popular name given to baby girls born in Moscow, Russia in 2007.MN Weekly (Russia
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Notable people with this name

* Polina Anikeeva scientist *

Polina Astakhova Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova (Полина Григорьевна Астахова, 30 October 1936 – 5 August 2005) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography As ...

(1936–2005), Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast *

Polina Bayvel Polina Leopoldovna Bayvel (russian: link=no, Полина Леопольдовна Байвель; born 14 April 1966) is a British engineer and academic. She is currently Professor of Optical Communications & Networks in the Department of Elec ...

scientist * Polina Chernyshova (born 1993), Russian theater and film actress *

Polina Edmunds Polina Edmunds (born May 18, 1998) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. Classic champion, and a two-time U.S. national silver medalist (2014, 2016). She represented the United States a ...

(born 1998), American figure skater *

Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina ( rus, Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, p=pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She represented Russia in the Eurovisio ...

(born 1987), Russian singer *

Polina Gelman Polina Vladimirovna Gelman (russian: Поли́на Влади́мировна Ге́льман, uk, Поли́на Володи́мирівна Ге́льман; 24 October 191925 November 2005) was a flight navigator in the all-female 46th Guard ...

(1919–2005), Soviet Air Force pilot * Polina Kalsina (born 1989), Russian cross-country skier *

Polina Khonina Polina Sergeevna Khonina (russian: Полина Сергеевна Хонина, born December 15, 1998, in Kirov, Russia) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is now working as a coach and have coached gymnasts from national te ...

(born 1998), Russian gymnast *

Polina Kostiukovich Polina Andreevna Kostiukovich (russian: Полина Андреевна Костюкович, born 7 March 2003) is a retired Russian pair skater. With her former skating partner, Dmitrii Ialin, she is the 2018 World Junior and the 2018–19 ...

(born 2003), Russian skater * Polina Kouklina (born 1986), Russian fashion model *

Polina Misailidou Polina Paraskevi Misailidou ( el, Πωλίνα Παρασκευή Μισαηλίδου) is a Greek singer, who is better known in her own country simply as Polina. Polina was born and raised in Nea Smyrni, a suburb in south Athens. She started h ...

, Greek singer * Polina Nemirovskaia (born 1995), Russia human rights advocate * Polina Pastirchak (born 1982), Hungarian opera singer * Polina Popova (born 1995), Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder *

Polina Semionova Polina Alexandrovna Semionova (russian: link=no, Полина Александровна Семионова; born 13 September 1984) is a Russian ballet dancer and model for Uniqlo who is currently a principal dancer with the American Ballet T ...

(born 1984), Russian ballerina * Polina Seronosova (born 1993), Belarusian cross-country skier * Polina Shelepen (born 1995), Russian figure skater * Polina Shmatko (born 2003), Russian rhythmic gymnast *

Polina Smolova Polina Petrovna Smolova ( be, Паліна Пятроўна Смолава, translit=Palina Piatroǔna Smolava, ; born 3 September 1980) is a Belarusian pop singer and the Belarusian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song '' M ...

(born 1980), Belarusian pop singer * Polina Tsurskaya (born 2001), Russian figure skater *

Polina Zhemchuzhina Polina Semyonovna Zhemchuzhina (born Perl Solomonovna Karpovskaya; 27 February 1897 – 1 April 1970) was a Soviet politician and the wife of the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Zhemchuzhina was the director of the Soviet national ...

(1897–1970), Soviet politician, wife of Foreign Minister Molotov

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