Lona
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Lona
Truly multicultural choice that feels ripe for revival in this era of Traveling Lite names.
In English, Lona is a variation of Leona or Lena. The Scandinavian Lona is a diminutive for names like Abelone (the Danish Apollonia) and Magdalone (a form of Magdalena). German speakers use Lona as nickname for Apollonia, Ilona, and the like. And in Hawaiian mythology, Lona is another name for the lunar goddess Hina.
Lona is also given to boys.
Pronounced LOH-nah.
As of October 2026, Lona ranked #8653 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #299 in 1890.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Lona.
Lona on lists
Famous Lonas
- Lona Andre (born Launa Anderson)Girl
American actress
- Abelone Maria "Lona" BarrisonGirl
Danish,American vaudevillian of the Barrison Sisters
- Lona CohenGirl
American Soviet spy
- Lona WilliamsGirl
American television producer
Lona in pop culture
- LonaGirl
Hawaiian moon goddess
- "LonaGirl
" 1923 Welsh novel by Thomas Gwynn Jones
- LonaGirl
said to be a Welsh pet form of Maelona ("princess;" cf. Maelle, Maelys)