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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

MunaIn Hebrew: מונא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מוּנָא

Muna (Hebrew: מונא) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 6,347 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 43 girls and ranked #316. Its peak year was 1982, with 163 babies.

People in Israel
6,347
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
43
rank #316
Peak year
1982
163 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Muna

In Hebrew letters the name is מונא, read right to left. Muna is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Muna by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Muna: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Muna

How do you write Muna in Hebrew?

Muna is written מונא in Hebrew (with vowel points: מוּנָא). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Muna?

6,347 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מונא: 6,342 women and 5 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Muna a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named מונא are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.