indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Gender Feminine
Usage Greenlandic (Archaic)
Other Forms FormsKonánguak ("dear woman"; Paamiut/c.1773), Konalik (Kuunalik, "equipped as a woman"; Qeqertarsuaq/1782), Konnane (Kunnana; Nuuk/1743)
Meaning & History
Derived from Old Norse kona meaning "woman" or "wife", a loanword from the Norse period (985-1470) which was later used in the pidgin between European whalers and Greenlanders. The name Kona was common in Southern Greenland and later spread to Western and Northern Greenland.