Given Name
As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins;
| Language | Source | Meaning | Variant forms | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Variant transcription of Muna (مُنى) | Wishes | Muna, Mouna | Female |
| Gaelic/Irish | Anglicized form of Muadhnait | Noble One | Monah, Monna, Monya | Female |
| Greek | Monos (μονος) | Solitary, One | Female | |
| Ancient Italian | Contraction of the title Madonna | My lady | Female | |
| Miwok | Gathered of the seed of a jimson weed. | Male and Female | ||
| Nepalese | Bud | Muna | Female | |
| Old English | Moon | Female | ||
| Persian | An adjective for God, derives from Mana, means who lasts forever | Female | ||
| Scottish | Female form of Tormod, derived from Norman | Northman, Viking | Female | |
| Sanskrit | Alone,unique | Female | ||
| Teutonic | Loner | Female |
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.
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“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)