Given name & surname
Monai
“a solitary man; one who advises others”
Monai is a variant of Monet. One French interpretation is “a solitary man; one who advises others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Monai is a variant of Monet. One French interpretation is “a solitary man; one who advises others.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 184
- 0 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 18 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 183 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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