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Girl · Catalan
Ona
Say it: OH-nuh
Meaning
Catalan ona 'wave', a modern word-name.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A recent name that has risen quickly in Catalonia in the 21st century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 7,896 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1893, about 1 in 2,600 girls
- 21 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.