Mona (name)

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Mona
Pronunciation /ˈmoʊnə/ MOH-nə
GenderFemale
Origin
Meaningvarious
Other names
Related names Monica, Ramona, Simona

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

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Given name

As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins;

LanguageSourceMeaningVariant formsGender
Arabic Variant transliteration of Muna (مُنى)Wish [1] Muna, MounaFemale
Breton Variant of MarivonaFemale
Formosan:
Atayal
Seediq 		Atayal: Male
Seediq: Male and Female
Gaelic/Irish Anglicized form of Muadhnait [ citation needed ]Noble OneMonah, Monna, MonyaFemale
Greek Monos (μονος)Solitary, OneFemale
Early Italian Contraction of the title Madonna My ladyFemale
Miwok Gathered of the seed of a jimson weed.Male and Female
NepaleseBudMunaFemale
Old English MoonFemale
Persian منا or موناAn adjective for God, derives from Mana, means who lasts foreverFemale
Scottish Female form of Tormod, derived from NormanNorthman, Viking [2] Female
Sanskrit Alone, silenceFemale
Teutonic LonerFemale

In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular,[ citation needed ] Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona or Simona.[ citation needed ] 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. [3]

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. [4]

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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 (مـُـنيه). [5]

Notable people with the surname include:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Mona". Behind the Name. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tormod - Meaning of the name". Babynamespedia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Name days for Mona". Behind the Name. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Popularity for Mona". Behind the Name. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Mona Surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
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