Nona

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Nonna in ES Spain and Noena in 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●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology 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◐

Nona is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name18K records spelled Nona69 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, France, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Noña, Ňona, Nòña, Nòna, Nőňä

• Indonesian given name8.7K records spelled Nona11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Nöna, Nöńâ, Nöñà, Ńôňa, Nőnã

• Russian given name5.0K records spelled Nona42 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Нонна, Нона, Nonna, Nōnä, Ñòña

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Nona2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Nonā

• Hindi given name3.0K records spelled Nona6 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ñona, Ñoña, Ňőna

• Finnish given name1.0K records spelled Nona15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Hungary, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Nonä, Ñoña, Nõnã, Nóna, Ñõna

• Sinhala given name917 records spelled Nona2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Philippines

  Also written නෝනා

40 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●

Nona 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.

• From the feminine form of the Latin ordinal nonus ‘ninth’, sometimes used as a given name in Victorian times for the ninth-born child in a family if it was a girl, or even for the ninth-born girl. At the present day, when few people have nine children, let alone nine daughters, = 185 it has passed into more general, if only occasional, use. Monroe (1926-62), originally named Norma-Jean Baker.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, The youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho.

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

• In German, from the canonical hour name 'nones'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• English: from the feminine form of the Latin ordinal nonus ninth, sometimes used as a given name in Victorian times for the ninth-born child in a family if it was a girl, or even for the ninth-born girl. At the present day, when few people have nine children, let alone nine girls, it has passed into more general, if only occasional, use.

  as a word

• In Russian, "nine" [in Greek].

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nona L. Brooksb. 1861USAmerican writer (1861–1945)
• Nona Balakianb. 1918USliterary critic & editor, co-founder of the National Book Critics Circle (1918-1991)
• Nona Gaprindashvilib. 1941GESoviet chess player
• Nona Hendryxb. 1944USAmerican musician
• Nona Gabrielyanb. 1944GEArmenian painter, sculptor, writer (born 1944)
• Nona Fernándezb. 1971CLChilean writer
• Nona Gayeb. 1974USAmerican actress
• Nona Pérezb. 2003ESSpanish water polo player
• Nona IshikawaJPJapanese seiyū
• Nonna of NazianzusTRnot in their usual namewife of Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder (–374)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 420 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nona?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Nona (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Nona have the most bearers?

We estimate about 17 thousand people bear Nona in Georgia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled nona.

Where is Nona most common?

Nona is densest in Georgia, where the national register counts about 1 in 242 people carrying it.

How common is Nona compared with other names?

In Georgia, Nona is the 66th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.

Is Nona a male or female name?

Nona is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Nona mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin; the ninth, as in the ninth child.