Monna

Where Monna comes from

The dictionaries list Monna as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1899
    First appearance
    #1,394 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #937
    53 babies named Monna — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1938
    Monna Bell born
    Chilean musician
  4. 1939
    Monna Tandberg born
    Norwegian actress
  5. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,538.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Monna Tandberg · Norwegian actress, 1939–2025
  • Monna Bell · Chilean musician, 1938–2008
  • Monna Delza · French actress, 1882–1921

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.