Given name & surname
Nona
“the ninth-born child”
Nona is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Original LatinNonus
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Latin usage, Nona is a feminine form of NONUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,708
- 0 boys · 16,708 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 360 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,725 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,725 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 360 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,601 as a first name in 2020; 319 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.
Nona’s family of names
In Latin usage, Nona is a feminine form of NONUS. Nona has a related form in Noni. Nona has a related form in Nonie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nona
- Nona GaprindashviliSoviet chess playerborn 1941
- Nona GayeAmerican actressborn 1974
- Nona FernándezChilean writerborn 1971
- Nona HendryxAmerican musicianborn 1944
- Nonna of Nazianzuswife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder (–374)
- Nona PérezSpanish water polo playerborn 2003
- Nona Balakianliterary critic & editor, co-founder of the National Book Critics Circle (1918-1991)
- Nona GabrielyanArmenian painter, sculptor, writer (born 1944)
- Nona KaradzhovaBulgarian politicianborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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