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Mona as a word has certainly a meaning in many languages of the world, and Old Frisian, Old English, and Middle English are among them. However, one has also to consider the period naming practices: When the mentioned languages were spoken, dithematic names of Germanic origin were still very popular, with Christian names from Saints slowly coming in. There is no indication that parents named their children "moon" at that time. Even when you find a name like Mona in a document of that period, you will more readily interpret it as a short form of a name containing the name element MUNI "mind, thought, will".

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Having said this, most Mona's I met in real life have some Arabic and/or Muslim background.

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