Una

Latin, Irish, or Old Norse

"one; lamb; happy"

Una Origin and Meaning

The name Una is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "one; lamb; happy".

In an epic poem, the personification of truth, beauty, and unity; this ancient name is popular in several European countries but less common in the US. The Oona spelling is slightly more popular but Una sleeker.

Una Rank in US Top 1000

# 942 in the US

Una Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 271 on Nameberry

Una Popularity

• 271 Nameberry 2024
• 587 England 2021
• 9 Iceland 2023
• 83 Slovenia 2023
• 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 22 Croatia 2023

20 Names Similar to Una

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Una.

• Oona
• Uma
• Orla
• Aoife
• Iona
• Ione
• Tala
• Paloma
• Ida
• Etta
• Maude
• Auberon
• Lune
• Dov
• Leonie
• Lonan
• Io
• Juno
• Fionnuala
• Opal

Famous People Named Una

• Una Theresa Imogene Healy Irish singer of The Saturdays
• Una Hawthorne daughter of Sophia Peabody and Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Una Merkel American actress
• Una Constance Pope Hennessy, British writer and historian
• Una O'Connor (born Agnes Teresa McGlade) Irish character actress
• Una Stubbs English actress
• Saoirse Una Ronan Irish actress
• Una Jeffers wife of American poet Robinson Jeffers
• Scout Una Denyer (b. 2015) daughter of TV presenter Grant Denyer

Una in Pop Culture

• Una Meredith character in the "Anne of Green Gables" series
• Una main character in Barbara Cartland's book "Alone in Paris"
• "Una " song by Filipino band Sponge Cola
• "Una " novel by Serbian writer Momo Kapor
• Una character in poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser
• Una one code name of DC Comics super heroine Luornu Durgo
• Una character in "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
• Una Ominous character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Una Flux character in TV series/action movie "Aeon Flux"
• Otomachi Una a Japanese Vocaloid
• Una also known informally as Number One, was a female Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. Since 2254 at least, she served aboard the USS Enterprise as Christopher Pike's first officer. The character of "Number One" was on Star Trek The Original Series & Star Trek: Discovery , In The Original Series, Una/Number One was played by Majel Barrett Rodenberry & on
• Star Trek: Discovery Una was played by Rebecca Romijn The name "Una" appears in the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" (at about 40:30), when Pike says, "I'm giving you the conn, Una." Michelle Paradise, executive producer of Discovery, confirmed that the show had taken the name from the novels. The name "Una" is mentioned again in the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Q&A"