Mona Forename
Approximately 1,706,902 people bear this name
Mona Forename Definition:
A female name. Irish Muadhnait, a diminutive of muadh ‘noble’, the name of an Irish saint. It has been used in England since the end of the igth C when many Irish names came into fashion.
Mona Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 695,044 | 1:132 | 7 |
| Sudan | 100% | 185,224 | 1:204 | 20 |
| Iraq | 98% | 107,748 | 1:325 | 56 |
| Yemen | - | 101,782 | 1:258 | 41 |
| India | 90% | 79,898 | 1:15,205 | 2,119 |
| United States | 100% | 71,924 | 1:5,041 | 721 |
| Iran | 100% | 58,249 | 1:1,348 | 233 |
| Jordan | 100% | 48,458 | 1:182 | 18 |
| Syria | - | 43,074 | 1:448 | 73 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 35,019 | 1:161 | 17 |
| Palestine | 100% | 23,211 | 1:196 | 17 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 21,234 | 1:224 | 92 |
| Sweden | 100% | 21,140 | 1:466 | 83 |
| Kuwait | - | 18,921 | 1:200 | 18 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17,165 | 1:417 | 48 |
| Norway | 100% | 15,789 | 1:325 | 72 |
| Philippines | 98% | 14,768 | 1:7,178 | 1,082 |
| Indonesia | 82% | 14,041 | 1:18,372 | 2,602 |
| Haiti | 100% | 13,158 | 1:815 | 113 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 12,685 | 1:15,322 | 1,404 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,193 | 1:2,960 | 555 |
| Bahrain | - | 10,625 | 1:127 | 8 |
| Denmark | - | 9,281 | 1:609 | 135 |
| Morocco | 100% | 7,152 | 1:4,803 | 519 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,885 | 1:14,042 | 801 |
| Libya | - | 6,243 | 1:997 | 192 |
| England | 100% | 5,574 | 1:9,975 | 786 |
| Bangladesh | 71% | 5,224 | 1:30,525 | 3,084 |
| Oman | 100% | 4,775 | 1:860 | 128 |
| South Africa | 92% | 4,056 | 1:13,445 | 2,105 |
| Israel | 100% | 3,514 | 1:2,391 | 485 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,968 | 1:10,189 | 835 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 1,905 | 1:15,984 | 1,661 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,672 | 1:128,132 | 6,579 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,665 | 1:3,293 | 476 |
| France | 100% | 1,586 | 1:41,911 | 1,382 |
| Angola | - | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,485 | 1:11,382 | 1,313 |
| Papua New Guinea | 73% | 1,454 | 1:5,607 | 593 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,282 | 1:24,035 | 3,052 |
| Ireland | 99% | 1,257 | 1:3,694 | 423 |
| Ghana | - | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Nepal | 77% | 1,072 | 1:26,574 | 2,368 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,023 | 1:662 | 131 |
| Thailand | 100% | 963 | 1:72,758 | 6,878 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 960 | 1:3,648 | 419 |
| Australia | - | 940 | 1:14,529 | 1,160 |
| Poland | 98% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Somalia | - | 758 | 1:17,844 | 1,375 |
| Wales | 100% | 533 | 1:5,805 | 633 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 485 | 1:2,807 | 543 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 437 | 1:18,795 | 1,372 |
| China | - | 435 | 1:3,140,358 | 49,348 |
| Belgium | 100% | 395 | 1:29,089 | 1,864 |
| Austria | 100% | 391 | 1:21,775 | 948 |
| Scotland | 100% | 379 | 1:14,117 | 821 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 374 | 1:474,771 | 15,180 |
| Kenya | 95% | 356 | 1:130,076 | 6,199 |
| Qatar | 98% | 332 | 1:7,137 | 1,147 |
| Russia | 99% | 302 | 1:477,595 | 5,307 |
| New Zealand | - | 286 | 1:15,860 | 1,370 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| DR Congo | 52% | 240 | 1:307,615 | 12,192 |
| Spain | 100% | 206 | 1:225,874 | 4,344 |
| Tanzania | 87% | 199 | 1:265,268 | 9,792 |
| Afghanistan | 96% | 189 | 1:172,611 | 4,688 |
| Hong Kong | - | 189 | 1:41,020 | 2,448 |
| Jamaica | - | 185 | 1:15,585 | 1,464 |
| Kosovo | - | 175 | 1:10,637 | 1,532 |
| Dominica | - | 173 | 1:436 | 98 |
| Zimbabwe | 67% | 153 | 1:100,809 | 7,287 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| Lesotho | 93% | 148 | 1:13,784 | 1,888 |
| Singapore | 100% | 139 | 1:45,231 | 6,642 |
| Guyana | 100% | 119 | 1:6,414 | 1,094 |
| Malawi | 67% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Suriname | 100% | 99 | 1:5,584 | 1,159 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 93 | 1:190,826 | 4,363 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Barbados | - | 90 | 1:3,220 | 599 |
| Bulgaria | 98% | 89 | 1:78,544 | 3,125 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 84 | 1:274,713 | 12,418 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 84 | 1:282,972 | 21,331 |
| Zambia | - | 83 | 1:191,022 | 6,825 |
| Japan | - | 79 | 1:1,620,077 | 18,143 |
| Italy | 96% | 78 | 1:782,847 | 7,303 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 77 | 1:1,204 | 292 |
| Czechia | 100% | 76 | 1:140,213 | 1,339 |
| Mexico | 100% | 73 | 1:1,700,609 | 10,839 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Estonia | 100% | 66 | 1:19,930 | 1,700 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 65 | 1:1,688 | 341 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 63 | 1:29,256 | 1,082 |
| Greece | 100% | 63 | 1:173,564 | 3,763 |
| Liberia | 96% | 62 | 1:71,162 | 3,400 |
| Greenland | - | 61 | 1:924 | 209 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Armenia | 98% | 58 | 1:50,323 | 1,823 |
| Hungary | 100% | 58 | 1:168,824 | 958 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 58 | 1:70,608 | 3,202 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| Turkey | 100% | 48 | 1:1,620,869 | 12,777 |
| Cambodia | 61% | 44 | 1:369,848 | 9,060 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 38 | 1:4,679 | 797 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 36 | 1:15,668 | 1,076 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:16,599 | 1,426 |
| Argentina | 100% | 33 | 1:1,296,159 | 5,960 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Guam | - | 31 | 1:5,182 | 901 |
| Ecuador | - | 30 | 1:590,897 | 5,857 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 28 | 1:2,189 | 487 |
| Uganda | 69% | 27 | 1:1,516,923 | 22,266 |
| Brunei | 100% | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 26 | 1:4,292 | 768 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| Marshall Islands | 94% | 24 | 1:2,135 | 322 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:2,136 | 447 |
| Grenada | 100% | 23 | 1:4,701 | 790 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Colombia | - | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| South Korea | - | 19 | 1:291,812 | 9,421 |
| Bhutan | 69% | 18 | 1:45,829 | 1,492 |
| Belize | 100% | 17 | 1:20,842 | 2,309 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Belarus | 90% | 15 | 1:632,159 | 3,807 |
| Panama | 100% | 15 | 1:260,437 | 9,109 |
| Chile | 73% | 14 | 1:1,257,658 | 10,399 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Albania | 100% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Senegal | 100% | 12 | 1:1,215,113 | 10,353 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Georgia | 100% | 9 | 1:415,385 | 8,265 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Benin | - | 8 | 1:1,321,980 | 30,116 |
| Cameroon | 65% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Niger | 57% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Guinea | 100% | 7 | 1:1,694,092 | 4,404 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Latvia | 100% | 6 | 1:335,941 | 3,188 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Congo | - | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 2 | 1:26,776 | 754 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Móna (36), Moña (5), Möna (3), Moná (2) & Môna (1) are calculated separately.
Mona (54,302) may also be a surname.
Mona Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Irish Muadhnait, a diminutive of muadh ‘noble’, the name of an Irish saint. It has been used in England since the end of the igth C when many Irish names came into fashion.
F. In Greek, μόνα is the Doric equivalent of the Attic μονή (monë): for which see Monica. Note, too, that Mona (here also from Greek) is the ancient name of the Isle of Man and of the Isle of Anglesea: so perhaps, in some instances at least, the f. name may denote ‘(a girl) of or from Mona.’
Icelandic (feminine) - The moon.
A Latin name, meaning: Celibate. (Teutonic) Lonely or remote. (North American Indian) The jimson weed. Mona was the original name of Isle of Man, which was called Mona’s Fair Isle.
Mona Forename Popularity
Mona Demographics
Mona Religious Adherence
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Mona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mona in the Russian language | ||
| Мона | mona | - |
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