Given name
Anona
“resembling a pineapple”
Anona is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “resembling a pineapple.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a pineapple.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 508
- 0 boys · 508 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,349 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,349 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 295 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.
Anona’s family of names
Anona has a short form in Ona. Anona has a related form in Annona. Anona has a related form in Annonia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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