Monay

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Monay by the numbers

Monay was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Monay

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 Monay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Monasolitary or alone116 in the US (2017)
  • Monae13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Monai7 in the US (2017)
  • Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Moanaocean or sea141 in the US (2017)
  • Mindyworthy of love; a diminutive of Melinda or form of Amanda81 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Monay

Names that are said the same way as Monay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Mounawishes, desires5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Monay

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