Mona

Girl name

Mona has been given to 45,818 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1957.

Meaning & origin /ˈməʊ̯nə/

Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa. The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.

Origin: Irish

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

45,818

Peak year

1957 (1,231 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -43%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Famous people named Mona

Mona Barthel

German tennis player

Mona Sahlin

Swedish politician

Mona Eltahawy

Egyptian-American journalist

Mona Simpson

American novelist

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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