Una
About Una
In an epic poem, the personification of truth, beauty, and unity; this ancient name is popular in several European countries but less common in the US. The Oona spelling is slightly more popular but Una sleeker.
Pronounced OO-nuh.
As of October 2026, Una ranked #3245 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #331 in 1890, Nameberry popularity #401.
Editor's take: The name Una is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "one; lamb; happy".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,543 | 45 | 25.2 |
| 2015 | #3,526 | 45 | 25.2 |
| 2016 | #2,865 | 60 | 33.9 |
| 2017 | #3,433 | 46 | 26.6 |
| 2018 | #3,101 | 53 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | #2,853 | 59 | 35.2 |
| 2020 | #2,707 | 62 | 38.4 |
| 2021 | #3,333 | 48 | 29.3 |
| 2022 | #2,751 | 63 | 38.4 |
| 2023 | #3,376 | 48 | 29.9 |
| 2024 | #3,005 | 55 | 33.9 |
| 2025 | #3,245 | 49 | 30.5 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Bronte
- Vita
- Alba
- Lilou
- Zinnia
- Lilibet
- Joonas
- Thora
- Temperance
- Imeda
- Oona
- Twyla
- Amity
- Anouk
- Mauve
- Talullah
- Tansy
- Salome
- Briony
- Silvy
Una on lists
Famous Unas
- Una Theresa Imogene Healy
Irish singer of The Saturdays
- Una Hawthorne
daughter of Sophia Peabody and Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Una Merkel
American actress
- Una Constance Pope
Hennessy, British writer and historian
- Una O'Connor (born Agnes Teresa McGlade)
Irish character actress
- Una Stubbs
English actress
- Saoirse Una Ronan
Irish actress
- Una Jeffers
wife of American poet Robinson Jeffers
- Scout Una Denyer (b. 2015)
daughter of TV presenter Grant Denyer
Una in pop culture
- Una Meredith
character in the "Anne of Green Gables" series
- Una
main character in Barbara Cartland's book "Alone in Paris"
- "Una
" song by Filipino band Sponge Cola
- "Una
" novel by Serbian writer Momo Kapor
- Una
character in poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser
- Una
one code name of DC Comics super heroine Luornu Durgo
- Una
character in "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
- Una Ominous
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Una Flux
character in TV series/action movie "Aeon Flux"
- Otomachi Una
a Japanese Vocaloid
- Una
also known informally as Number One, was a female Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. Since 2254 at least, she served aboard the USS Enterprise as Christopher Pike's first officer. The character of "Number One" was on Star Trek The Original Series & Star Trek: Discovery , In The Original Series, Una/Number One was played by Majel Barrett Rodenberry & on
- Star Trek: Discovery Una was played by Rebecca Romijn
The name "Una" appears in the Star Trek: Discovery episode "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2" (at about 40:30), when Pike says, "I'm giving you the conn, Una." Michelle Paradise, executive producer of Discovery, confirmed that the show had taken the name from the novels. The name "Una" is mentioned again in the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Q&A"