Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Monia is a diminutive of Monika. Monika comes from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 366
- 0 boys · 366 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 13 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 524 as a first name in 2020; 163 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.
Monia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Monia is a diminutive of Monika. In Greek usage, Monia as a surname is a transliteration of Μόνια. In Polish usage, Monia is a shortened form of Monika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Monia
- Monia ChokriCanadian actressborn 1982
- Monia BaccailleItalian racing cyclistborn 1984
- Monia KariTunisian athleteborn 1971
- Monia MazighCanadian politicianborn 1970
- Monia Ben JemiaTunisian feminist and academicborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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