Mona

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Short form of Monika ^{[1] [2] [3]}

2) Anglicized short form of of the Irish name Muadhnait (via Monessa ^[3]) ^{[1] [2]}

3) Short form of Ramona (see Raginmund) ^{[1] [3]}

4) Greek monos = 'single, only' ^[2]

5) Female form of Þormóðr in Gaelic Scotland ^[2]

6) Short form of Desdemona ^[3]

Related Names

Mona	♀
Monar	♂
Moona	♀

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Mona
Accusative:	Monu
Dative:	Monu
Genitive:	Monu

Name Days

Faroe Islands

4 May

Norway

4 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

15 June

Sweden

4 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1870 ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		16078	22770	0	0
Denmark[5]		8858	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		8218	12582	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	2525	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi