Where does “Mona” come from?
Mona (Norwegian) comes from English Mona, from Spanish mona, from Spanish mono, from Spanish maimón, from Arabic ميمون, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.
Ancestry of “Mona”, step by step
Mona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mona | The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago |
| 2 | Spanish | mona | drunkenness, fuddle; female equivalent of mono;... |
| 3 | Spanish | mono | cute, pretty; blond, blonde; monkey |
| 4 | Spanish | maimón | a type of monkey with having prehensile tail; A... |
| 5 | Arabic | ميمون | baboon, mandrill; auspicious, blessed, favorable,... |
| 6 | Arabic | م | a prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix... |
| 7 | Proto-Semitic | šamaʿ- | — |