Lona

English diminutive of Leona or Lena; Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian diminutive of Abelone or Magdalone; German diminutive of Apollonia or Ilona; Hawaiian

"lion; destroyer, strength, father's light; from Magdala; shining torch, light, joy"

Lona Origin and Meaning

Variation of Barcelona

Lona Rank in US Top 1000

# 992 in the US

Famous People Named Lona

• Lona Andre (born Launa Anderson) American actress
• Abelone Maria "Lona" Barrison Danish,American vaudevillian of the Barrison Sisters
• Lona Cohen American Soviet spy
• Lona Williams American television producer

The name Lona in Pop Culture

• Lona Hawaiian moon goddess
• "Lona " 1923 Welsh novel by Thomas Gwynn Jones
• Lona said to be a Welsh pet form of Maelona ("princess;" cf. Maelle, Maelys)