Meanings
mona1
Mona2
- A female given name from Irish.
- A female given name from Arabic.
- The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
- A surname.
MONA3
- abbreviationacronymbiologyAcronym of Moths of North America.
Origin
mona · noun
- Spanishmona“monkey”
- Englishmona
From Spanish mona (“monkey”).
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- Middle Irishmúad“noble”
- Scottish GaelicMuadhnait
- EnglishMona
Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa. The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.
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Cite this entry
mona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mona
“mona.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mona. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mona,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mona.
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