Una
Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one. Una is a currently popular name for girls in Serbia, where the name also has associations with the Una River. The Filipino word "una" meaning "first" is also derived from this Latin root.
- English
- Irish
- Medieval Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
Meaning & Origin of Una
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one. Una is a currently popular name for girls in Serbia, where the name also has associations with the Una River. The Filipino word "una" meaning "first" is also derived from this Latin root.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Irish
- Medieval Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
The Story of Una
Una first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1921: 217 births, good for #466 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 20% of all recorded Unas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,120 among baby girl names with 52 births, holding steady (+1%). In total, more than 8K Unas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Una
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Una Abell-Brinker (1874–1952), American actress
- Una Stella Abrahamson (1922–1999), English-born Canadian artist and writer
- Una Baines (born 1957), British keyboard player and member of The Fall
- Una Mabel Bourne (1882–1974), Australian pianist and composer
- Una Budd (born 1975), Irish international cricketer
- Una Carter (1890–1954), New Zealand cooking teacher, demonstrator and writer
- Una Chi (1942–2021), Italian translator and writer
- Una S. T. Clarke (born 1934), American politician
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Names that sound like Una
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About the name Una
Una is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Una's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #329. Use the chart and map above to compare Una's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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