Given name & surname
Ona
“filled with grace”
Ona is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “filled with grace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “filled with grace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Ona is a short form of Anona.
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
Ona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,031
- 92 boys · 7,939 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 191 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,868 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,868 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 185 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,487 as a first name in 2020; 597 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.
Ona’s family of names
Ona is a short form of Anona. In Lithuanian usage, Ona has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Anna. In Lithuanian usage, Ona has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ana.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ona has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
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 Ona
- Ona BatlleSpanish association football playerborn 1999
- Ona CarbonellSpanish synchronized swimmerborn 1990
- Ona MunsonAmerican actress (1903-1955)
- Ona ŠimaitėLithuanian librarian, activist, and Holocaust survivor (1894–1970)
- Ona MeseguerSpanish water polo playerborn 1988
- Ona GrauerCanadian actressborn 1978
- Ona MašiotienėLithuanian women's rights activist1883–1949
- Ona BaliukonėLithuanian artist (1948-2007)
- Ona JuknevičienėLithuanian politicianborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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