Given name & surname
Duna
“little, dark one”
Duna is a variant of Duana. In Irish use, Duana carries the interpretation “little, dark one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Duna is a variant of Duana. In Irish use, Duana carries the interpretation “little, dark one.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 0 boys · 8 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 8 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 8 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 173 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Duna’s family of names
Duna has a related form in Duana. In Macedonian usage, Duna is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Дуна.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
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