Onalenna

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Onalenna is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. In Botswana it is the 13th most common given name.

  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 8.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BWBotswana≈1 in 560few records
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 5Mfew records

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,800 people, est.

Record sources
35 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 562 (inferred from the name graph)

Botswana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Onalenna 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.

Where Onalenna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa—≈7,800 est.≈1 in 8.2KOnalenna35
BW Botswana#13≈4,500 est.≈1 in 562Onalenna19
US United States—≈12 est.≈1 in 29MOnalenna32
GB United Kingdom—≈8 est.≈1 in 9.1MOnalenna24
CA Canada—≈6 est.≈1 in 6.9MOnalenna2
AU Australia—≈5 est.≈1 in 5MOnalenna11

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Onalenna under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Onalenna a male or female name?
Onalenna 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.
Which countries have the most people named Onalenna?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Onalenna in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled onalenna. After it come Botswana, United States, United Kingdom and Canada; the country table on this page ranks them.
How common is the name Onalenna?
Mondonomo estimates about 7,800 people in South Africa have Onalenna as their first given name, about 1 in 8.2 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Onalenna compared with other names?
In Botswana, Onalenna is the 13th most common given name of 423 given names recorded there.

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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, “Onalenna” — the 13th most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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