Given name
Aldona
“long-lived, old; wise; an elder”
Aldona is a variant of Alda. One German and Spanish interpretation is “long-lived, old; wise; an elder.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aldona is a variant of Alda. One German and Spanish interpretation is “long-lived, old; wise; an elder.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aldona is a variant of Alda. Alda has been associated with German and Spanish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 925
- 0 boys · 925 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 799 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aldona’s family of names
Aldona has a related form in Alda. In Polish usage, Aldona has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Алдона. In Russian usage, Aldona is a transliteration of Алдона.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aldona
- Aldona NenėnienėSoviet handball player (1949–1999)
- Aldona GustasLithuanian writer1932–2022
- Aldona OrmanPolish actressborn 1968
- Aldona WosAmerican ambassador, physician and politician (born 1955)
- Aldona MłyńczakPolish politicianborn 1958
- Aldona Aleškevičienė-StatulevičienėLithuanian mathematician1936–2017
- Aldona GrigaliūnienėLithuanian paralympic athleteborn 1955
- Aldona JankowskaPolish actressborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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