Mona (1)

  • [ MO-nə (English) ]
  • Irish, English
Anglicized form of MUADHNAIT. It is also associated with Greek monos "one" and Leonardo da Vinci's painting the 'Mona Lisa' (in which case it is a contraction of Italian ma donna meaning "my lady").

MUADHNAIT   female   Irish
Means "little noble one", derived from Irish muadh "noble, good" combined with a diminutive suffix.
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Mona, Monna
IRISH: Mona, Monat, Moyna, Muadhnait
SCOTTISH: Moyna