Given name & surname
Nonna
“the ninth-born child”
Nonna is a variant of Nona. One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Nonna is a variant of Nona. One Latin interpretation is “the ninth-born child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Nonna is a variant of Nona. An origin associated with Nona is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nonna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 0 boys · 98 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 10 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 7 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 579 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.
Nonna’s family of names
Nonna has a related form in Nona. In Russian usage, Nonna is a transliteration of Нонна.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nonna
- Nonna MordyukovaSoviet and Russian actress1925–2008
- Nonna GrishayevaRussian actress and singerborn 1971
- Nonna of Nazianzuswife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder (–374)
- Nonna KarakashyanSoviet chess playerborn 1940
- Nonna MuravyovaSoviet politician and statesperson (1906-1986)
- Nonna DebonneFrench footballerborn 1985
- Nonna BannisterRussian-born American author and Holocaust survivor (1927-2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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