Mona (name)


Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins.

Given name

As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins;
LanguageSourceMeaningVariant formsGender
ArabicVariant transliteration of Muna WishesMuna, MounaFemale
BretonVariant of MarivonaFemale
Formosan:
Atayal
Seediq		Atayal: Male
Seediq: Male and Female
Gaelic/IrishAnglicized form of Muadhnait Noble OneMonah, Monna, MonyaFemale
GreekMonos Solitary, OneFemale
Early ItalianContraction of the title MadonnaMy ladyFemale
MiwokGathered of the seed of a jimson weed.Male and Female
NepaliWishMunaFemale
Old EnglishMoonFemale
Persianمنا or موناAn adjective for God, derives from Mana, means who lasts foreverFemale
ScottishFemale form of Tormod, derived from NormanNorthman, VikingFemale
SanskritAlone, silenceFemale
TeutonicLonerFemale
JapaneseVariousFemale
ChineseVariousFemale
KoreanVarious-

In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona or Simona. It is sometimes associated with the title of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa, although in that context the word Mona is actually a title rather than a name. The word mona also means cute, monkey and doll in Spanish. In Sweden, Mona's name day is May 4.
Mona was a relatively popular given name in the United States in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s. The highest ranking it ever reached in the US was #230, in 1950.

Notable people

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Nickname

Surname

As a surname, Mona can have two origins. In Italian and Greek, it is a feminine form of Moni which is a short form of Simone, the Italian form of Simon. In Arabic countries, it is derived from the given name Muna, meaning "unreachable wishes". It is the plural form of the word Munia.
Notable people with the surname include: