Monu

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mann in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NO Norway and 9 more, Man in AR Argentina, HK Hong Kong, MX Mexico, Muñ in CR Costa Rica, PE Peru and Maina in NG Nigeria, BR Brazil.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

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

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Monu is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.3K records spelled Monu12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Mexico, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Moñu, Móñú, Môñû, Monú, Moñú

• French given name360 records spelled Monu3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, France, United States

  Also written Möñü

• a separate given name83 records spelled Monu2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Môñü

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Monu 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 vo, predicative singular of mon

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In tet, to fall

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In rnn, village

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Asturian, monkey

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In men, remainder. I monui vé

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 100 years between 1897–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 186 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Monu?

We estimate roughly 644 thousand people bear Monu (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Monu have the most bearers?

We estimate about 464 thousand people bear Monu in South Korea, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled 문.

How common is Monu compared with other names?

In South Korea, Monu is the 24th most common surname of 14,083 surnames recorded there.

Is Monu a male or female name?

Monu 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.