Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins.
As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins;
In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monika or, rarely, of Ramona or Simona. It is sometimes associated with the title of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa, although in that context the word Mona is actually a title rather than a name. The word mona also means cute, monkey and doll in Spanish. In Sweden, Mona's name day is May 4.
Mona was a relatively popular given name in the United States in the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s. The highest ranking it ever reached in the US was #230, in 1950.
Mona Barthel (born 1990), German professional tennis playerMona Charen (born 1957), American columnist and political analystMona Ghoneim (born 1955), Egyptian composerMona Grudt (born 1971), former Miss Universe from NorwayMona Hatoum (born 1952), British artist of Palestinian originMona Hofland (born 1929), Norwegian actressMona Mahmudnizhad (1965-1983), Iranian teen executed for membership in the Bahá'í faithMona Marshall (born 1947), American voice actressMona Sahlin (born 1957), Swedish politicianMona Siddiqui (born 1963), British Muslim academicMona Simpson (born 1957), American novelist of Syrian and German descentMona von Bismarck (1897–1983) American socialite and fashion iconMona Zaki, Egyptian actressMona Karim, Lebanese actressMona Bergeron, main character in the 1985 French film Vagabond (Sans Toit ni Loi)Mona Dearly, a character played by Bette Midler in the 2000 film Drowning MonaMona Mayfair, in several novels by Anne RiceMona McCluskey, main character in television sitcom of the same nameMona Melendy, character in Elizabeth Enright's children's book series "The Melendy Quartet"Mona Aamons Monzano, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's CradleMona Parker, the main character from the animated television series Mona the Vampire and the book of the same nameMona Ramsey, from the Tales of the City books by Armistead MaupinMona Robinson, mother of Angela Bower in the television series Who's the Boss?Mona Sax, in the Max Payne franchiseMona Simpson (The Simpsons), Homer Simpson's estranged motherMona Stevens, in the novel Landfall: A Channel Story by Nevil Shute and the film adaptationMona Vanderwaal, in the Pretty Little Liars novel seriesMona, Ross Geller's girlfriend in the television series Friends, played by Bonnie SomervilleMona, a young prostitute in the novel Mona Lisa Overdrive by William GibsonMona from the WarioWare series of video gamesMaria Mona Keijzer (born 1968), Dutch politicianMonica Mona Mårtenson (1902-1956), Swedish film actressSimeona Mona Pasquil (born 1962), American politicianAs a surname, Mona can have two origins. In Italian and Greek, it is a feminine form of Moni which is a short form of Simone, the Italian form of Simon. In arabic countries, it is derived from the given name Muna, meaning " unreachable wishes". It is the plural form of the word Munia (مـُـنيه).
Notable people with the surname include:
Domenico Mona (1550-1602), Italian late-Renaissance painterIstván Móna (1940-2010), Hungarian modern pentathlete and Olympic championKhwezi Mona (born 1992), South African rugby union player