Monay

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Monay is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 669K(measured from records)
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 118K
  • LYLibya≈1 in 224K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,600 people, est.

Sources
143 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 118K (inferred from the name graph)

Kuwait, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mon-Ay in PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Monay counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Monay is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,600 est.≈1 in 528K—Monay2
US United States4971 in 669K492Monay143
EG Egypt≈210 est.≈1 in 490K—Monay17
NG Nigeria≈190 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Monay5
PH Philippines≈86 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Mon-Ay15
LY Libya≈31 est.≈1 in 224K—Monay2
KW Kuwait≈25 est.≈1 in 118K—Monay5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Monay is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France

    Also written Mon-Ay, Mónay

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Monäy

  • Indonesian name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Mon-Ay

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Monay is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In enm, alternative form of moneye

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, a type of bread roll

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Ferenc Monayb. 1878ROHungarian Catholic priest, Catholic friar, cultural historian and literary translator (1878–1964)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Monay
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020492#20,700
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199636—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200328—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199928—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199826—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199726—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200025—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199523—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199223—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199422—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198721—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200120—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Monay a male or female name?
Monay is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Monay have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Monay in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled monay.
How common is the name Monay?
In the United States, the national register counted 497 people named Monay in 2020, about 1 in 669 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Monay”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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