Monai
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Monai by the numbers
Monai was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Monai
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Monai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Monai
Names that are said the same way as Monai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mounawishes, desires5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Monai
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