Polina
Polina is a feminine given name.
Meaning and origin
Polina is either a short form of Apollinaria , the feminine form of Apollinaris, the name of the Greek sun god Apollon . Alternatively, the name comes from Russia and is a variant of Pavlina, the Russian form of Paulina or Pauline.
Name bearers
First name
- Polina Astachowa (1936-2005), Ukrainian gymnast
- Polina Bratuhhina (* 1987), Estonian beach volleyball player
- Polina Viktorovna Daschkowa (* 1960), Russian crime writer
- Polina Sergejewna Gagarina (* 1987), Russian singer
- Polina Olegowna Kalsina (* 1989), Russian cross-country skier
- Polina Konstantinowna Kempf (* 1999), Russian water polo player
- Polina Sergejewna Maltschikowa (* 1986), Russian orienteering skier
- Polina Jurjewna Michailowa (* 1986), Russian table tennis player
- Polina Denissovna Ossipenko (1907–1939), Soviet aviator
- Palina Pechawa (* 1992), Belarusian tennis player
- Polina Viktorovna Scherebzowa (* 1985), writer and poet
- Polina Semionowa (* 1984), Russian ballet dancer
- Polina Semyonovna Shemchushina (1897–1970), Soviet politician
- Polina Seronossowa (* 1993), Belarusian-Russian cross-country skier
- Palina Smolawa (* 1980), Belarusian singer
- Polina Suslowa , actually Apollinaria Prokofjewna Suslowa (1839–1918), Russian writer
- Polina Semjonovna Winogradskaja (1897–1970), Soviet sociologist, women's rights activist and later librarian
- Polina Zilberman (* 1969), Moldovan chess player
stage name
- Anna Polina (* 1989), Russian-French porn actress and model
Other meanings
- Polina (place) , a municipality in Slovakia
- Polina's diary , literary work by the writer Polina Scherebzowa from 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on first names at vornames.ch, accessed on November 18, 2015.