Nuna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Nuna by the numbers
Nuna was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Nuna
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 Nuna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ninalittle girl; or from nina meaning grace318 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nanagrace; a diminutive of Hannah60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nuralight or illumination42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nuhaintelligence; wisdom33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nonathe ninth; feminine form of Nonus28 in the US (2017)
- Nenaa form of Nene; girl, young woman19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Nuna
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