Etymograph

English

Mona

Mona comes from Middle Irish múad ‘noble’.

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200múad‘noble’
  2. Scottish GaelicmodernMuadhnait
  3. EnglishtodayMona

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Irishc. 900–1200múad‘noble’
  2. Scottish GaelicmodernMuadhnait
  3. EnglishtodayMona

The story

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.

Every English word from Middle Irish múad

Today it means

name A female given name from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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