Given name & surname
Monna
“one who is born into the nobility”·“a jealous man”
Monna is a variant of Mona. Interpretations include “one who is born into the nobility” and “a jealous man” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Japanese門奈
Meaning & origin
What it means
Monna is a variant of Mona. Interpretations include “one who is born into the nobility” and “a jealous man” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Monna as a surname developed from 門奈.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,385
- 0 boys · 1,385 girls
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 53 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 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1933. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 822 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.
Monna’s family of names
In English usage, Monna as a surname developed from the Japanese form 門奈. Monna has a related form in Mona. In Greek usage, Monna as a surname is a transliteration of Μόννα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Monna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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