Given name & surname
Moina
“a mild-mannered lady”
Moina is used as a given name and a surname. One Celtic interpretation is “a mild-mannered lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Celtic interpretation is “a mild-mannered lady.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Celtic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Moina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 5 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 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 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.
Moina’s family of names
Moina has a related form in Mona. Moina has a related form in Myrna. Moina has a related form in Moinah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Moina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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