| Name info: About the name Mona in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Scandinavian |
| Is short form of: | Monika |
| Popularity: | no rank in any popularity list in this database |
| Similarly written: | Mona, Imona, Iona, Jona, Jona, Jóna, Lona, Lona, Mana, Mina Details |
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| Group info: About Monica, the group of names with the same origin as Mona | | Language of origin: | Latin |
| Info about origin: | meaning and origin not known for sure |
| | sometimes said to derive from Latin monachus (monk) |
| | in the Middle Ages seen as connected to Latin monere (to advise) and meaning advisor |
| | known from Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, a father of the church (4th century AD) |
| | because Saint Monica came from Carthage in Northern Africa the name could also be of North African/Phoenician origin |
| Words: | monachus = the hermit, the monk Latin |
| | monere = to advise, to warn Latin |
| Topics: | New Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 3:Monika Germany 2005, 3:Monique Belgium 2013, 10:Mónica Ecuador 2013, 19:Mónika Hungary 2014, 24:Monica Sweden 2014 |
| Name variants: | Mengia, Mona, Moni, Monica, Mónica, Monika, Mónika, Monique Sortable list Details |
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