Muna
given name · Latin script
Meaning: pl. of Munya 42, wish, desire.*!
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mənə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Muna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- NPNepal≈1 in 1.9K
- SYSyria≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 69 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
pl. of Munya 42, wish, desire.*!
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Muna, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Muna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Muna | 44 |
| SY Syria | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Muna | 6 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Muna | 30 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Muna | 2 |
| US United States | 3,928 | 1 in 85K | 3.9K | Muna | 69 |
| SE Sweden | 1,156 | 1 in 8.8K | 1.2K | — | 3 |
| NO Norway | 360 | 1 in 15K | 1K | — | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023); SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Muna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, plural of Munya, wish, desire
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Swahili, hope
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
In lua, to finish, bring to end, complete, terminate, perfect, conclude, be done, be ready, m. kaceci, to menstruate, m. miota, to quench or satisfy or slake or appease thirst. neg. of m., to be incomplete, be unfinished.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In Filipino, for a while; for a moment; for the time being; a minute (when the nature of the anticipated change is not expressed)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bik, Used to indicate something to be done for a moment
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mona Washbourneb. 1903GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress of stage, film and television (1903-1988)
- Mona Hammondb. 1931JMnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1931–2022)
- Mona Marshallb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican voice actress
- Mona Khalilb. 1949LBnot in their usual nameLebansese conservationist (1949–2026)
- Mona Simpsonb. 1957USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist
- Mona Sahlinb. 1957SEnot in their usual nameSwedish politician
- Mona Fastvoldb. 1981NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian film director and actress
- Mona Singhb. 1981INnot in their usual nameIndian actress
- Mona Barthelb. 1990DEnot in their usual nameGerman tennis player
- Beata Anderssonb. 2005SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer and actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 72 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.9K | #4,659 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.2K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1.2K | #1,539 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 1K | #1,630 |
| NO Norway | SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891) | 2025 | 360 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 54 | #4,659 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 45 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2021 | 4 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navn (1880–present) | 2025 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Muna mean, and where does it come from?
- pl. of Munya 42, wish, desire.*! Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- What are other forms of the name Muna?
- In the etymology graph, Mona and Mouna are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Muna?
- A machine transcription gives /mənə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Muna a male or female name?
- Muna is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Muna have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Muna in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled muna.
- How common is the name Muna?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,928 people named Muna in 2020, about 1 in 85 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Muna?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/munaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Muna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.