Mona
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Irish. 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.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mona (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mona has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 31 |
| 1999 | 33 |
| 2000 | 38 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | 23 |
| 2004 | 29 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 28 |
| 2008 | 18 |
| 2009 | 34 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 20 |
| 2015 | 23 |
| 2016 | 19 |
| 2017 | 34 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 26 |
| 2022 | 33 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 16,611 |
| 2000 | 16,585 |
| 2001 | 16,544 |
| 2002 | 16,506 |
| 2003 | 16,467 |
| 2004 | 16,414 |
| 2005 | 16,333 |
| 2006 | 16,281 |
| 2007 | 16,209 |
| 2008 | 16,162 |
| 2009 | 16,153 |
| 2010 | 16,078 |
| 2011 | 15,972 |
| 2012 | 15,918 |
| 2013 | 15,827 |
| 2014 | 15,763 |
| 2015 | 15,674 |
| 2016 | 15,622 |
| 2017 | 15,553 |
| 2018 | 15,430 |
| 2019 | 15,310 |
| 2020 | 15,116 |
Mona in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mona.Hi! My name is Mona.
- Har du träffat Mona? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Mona? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Mona i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mona this afternoon.
- Monas mamma är lärare.Mona's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Monas mamma is Mona's mum.
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Questions about Mona
How do you pronounce Mona in Swedish?
In IPA, Mona is /²moːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Mona mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Irish. 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.
How popular is Mona in Sweden?
33 babies were named Mona in 2022. In 2020, 15,116 people in Sweden had Mona as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.