Una: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “lamb”
- Origin
- Irish
- Say it
- OO-nuh · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Anglicized form of Irish Úna, traditionally explained as 'lamb'; some sources also connect it with 'hunger' or as a literary form. It appears in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene as the virtuous heroine Una.
How popular is Una?
Babies named Una in 202455
2024 rank#2,962 girls
Peak year1890
Total US babies since 18808,059
Una is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Una
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Una questions
What does the name Una mean?
Una means "lamb". It comes from Irish. Anglicized form of Irish Úna, traditionally explained as 'lamb'; some sources also connect it with 'hunger' or as a literary form. It appears in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene as the virtuous heroine Una.
Is Una a boy or girl name?
Una is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Una?
55 US babies were named Una in 2024. Its peak year was 1890.
How do you pronounce Una?
Una is usually pronounced OO-nuh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.