Entry № 7034 · Arabic origin

Muna Muna — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MOO-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Wishes / desires"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "wishes / desires".

Muna is from the Arabic منى (Munā — wishes, desires, hopes) — plural of munyah. Muna is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage.

Wishes / desires (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

منى
Transliteration
Munā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmuː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Muna stands.

Muna does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Munas before her.

Real people
Muna Wassef
Syrian actress + pioneering Arab cinema + ~70+ films and TV series + Arab dramatic arts heritage.
Contemporary
In fiction
Mina / Muna
Valley near Mecca + Hajj pilgrimage + Stoning of the Devil ritual + Eid al-Adha + ~2 million pilgrims annually.
Islamic pilgrimage

Names connected to Muna.

The number behind Muna.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Muna reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.