Mona

Irish
"noble good"

Mona Origin and Meaning

The name Mona is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "noble good".

Mona had more than a moment in the sun, peaking in 1950 at Number 230 but falling off the Top 1000 completely in the late 1980s. Its similarity to the word "moaner" undercuts the appeal of its simplicity. In one recent year, fewer than 100 baby girls received the name, and we don't see it reviving any time soon.

# 981 in the US

Mona Rank in US Top 1000

# 1085 on Nameberry

Mona Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Mona Popularity

Famous People Named Mona

  • Mona von Bismarck (born Mona Travis Strader)
    American socialite and fashion icon
  • Mona Johannesson
    Swedish model
  • Mona Elizabeth Simpson
    American novelist; sister of Apple founder Steve Jobs
  • Mona Grudt
    Norwegian beauty queen; Miss Universe 1990
  • Mona Charen
    American columnist and commentator
  • Mona Barthel
    German tennis player
  • Mona Marshall
    American voice actress
  • Monalisa "Mona" Johnson
    participant in '60 days in'

Mona in Pop Culture

  • Mona Lisa
    painting by Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Mona Melendy
    the young actress in Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Children series
  • Mona Parker
    main character in the "Mona the Vampire" series
  • Mona Dahl
    character in "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov
  • Mona Vanderwaal
    character in the Pretty Little Liars series
  • Mona Robinson
    character on TV's "Who's the Boss?"
  • Mona
    Ross's short,time girlfriend on TV's "Friends"
  • Mona Kane Tyler
    mother of Erica Kane on American soap "All My Children"
  • Mona Milton
    "maternal nymphomaniac" (and mistress of Ulick Invern) in "Painted Veils" (1920), by James Huneker
  • Mona Tibbs
    character on TV's "Salute Your Shorts"
  • Mona J. Simpson
    mother of Homer on TV's "The Simpsons"
  • Lady Mona Treverton
    character in "Green City in the Sun," by Barbara Wood
  • Mona Bergeron
    main character in the 1985 French film "Vagabond (Sans Toit ni Loi)"
  • Mona Mayfair
    character in several novels by Anne Rice
  • "Mona McCluskey
    " TV series and its main character
  • Mona Aamons Monzano
    character in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle"
  • Mona Ramsey
    character in the Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin
  • Mona Sax
    character in the Max Payne series
  • Mona Stevens
    character in "Landfall: A Channel Story" by Nevil Shute and film
  • Mona
    character in the WarioWare series of video games
  • Mona
    main character in "Mona Lisa Overdrive" by William Gibson
  • "Mona
    " opera by Horatio Parker
  • "The Ballad of Mona Lisa
    " song by Panic! at the Disco
  • The Mona Lisa
    Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting
  • "Mona Lisa Smile
    " movie starring Julia Roberts
  • Mona Lisa Saperstein
    character in "Parks and Recreation"