as a First Name
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 (compare Quintus, Sextus, Septimus, and Octavius). At the present day, when few people have nine children, let alone nine daughters, it has passed into more general, if only occasional, use.
| 1,788th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,717
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Nona per capita
- 1934
- marked the height of its popularity
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