Oona
About Oona
Oona is a name made famous by Eugene O'Neill's daughter, who became Charlie Chaplin's wife. One of the original Oona's granddaughters was named after her, and is now an actress famous in her own right for playing Talisa of Volantis in HBO's "Game of Thrones." The double-o beginning gives their name a lot of oomph.
In Irish legend, Una/Oona was a daughter of a king of Lochlainn. The name was very popular in Ireland in the Middle Ages, and is currently seeing a comeback--also spelled Oonagh.
As of October 2026, Oona ranked #2768 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1639 in 2015, Nameberry popularity #323.
Editor's take: The name Oona is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "lamb".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,772 | 63 | 35.3 |
| 2015 | #1,639 | 131 | 73.4 |
| 2016 | #1,851 | 112 | 63.2 |
| 2017 | #2,068 | 95 | 55 |
| 2018 | #2,357 | 78 | 45.9 |
| 2019 | #2,476 | 72 | 42.9 |
| 2020 | #2,333 | 76 | 47 |
| 2021 | #2,261 | 82 | 50 |
| 2022 | #2,288 | 82 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,220 | 85 | 53 |
| 2024 | #2,474 | 73 | 45.1 |
| 2025 | #2,768 | 62 | 38.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Oonas
- Oona Castilla Chaplin
Spanish actress; granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin
- Oona O'Neill Chaplin
fourth wife of Charlie Chaplin; daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill
- Oona Garthwaite
American singer,songwriter
- Oona Hart
American model and actress
- Oona Laurence
American actress
- Oona Louhivaara
Finnish actress
- Oona Yaffe
American contestant on TV's "MasterChef Junior"
- Oona Tamsyn King
Baroness King of Bow, British MP
- Oona Gray Seppälä (b. 2007)
daughter of "Suits" actress Sarah Rafferty and Santtu Seppälä
- Izzy Oona Murphy (b. 2016)
daughter of actor/comedian Eddie Murphy and model Paige Butcher
Oona in pop culture
- Oona
fairy in the Ridley Scott film "Legend"
- Oona
character in the Kiki Strike book series
- Oona
character on Nick Jr. TV show "Bubble Guppies"
- Oona
mermaid character in Eva Ibbotson children's book "Island of the Aunts"
- Oona
character on the Irish children's show "Puffin Rock"
- Princess Oona
a character in Disney's "Sofia the First"