Euna
Feminine · “one”
Euna is an old American spelling of a name that means one. Una is Latin for a single thing, and it is also Irish, from a separate word entirely — and in English it belongs to a poem: the heroine of the first book of The Faerie Queene is called Una because she stands for the one true faith, traveling with a lion and a knight who keeps losing her.
How old is the name Euna?
Euna first appears in US birth records in 1885 — 140 years ago. The typical Euna alive today was born around 1922, making them about 103 years old. About 400 people named Euna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Euna most popular?
Euna peaked in 1905, reaching #664 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 12,544 places below that high. See the whole 1905 chart.
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Where it comes from
From una to Euna
The story of Euna
Spenser published the first books of The Faerie Queene at the end of the sixteenth century, and Una became a name in English on the strength of it — an allegorical figure who was nonetheless memorable enough to be borrowed. Separately, Úna was one of the commonest women's names in medieval Ireland and came to America with Irish families, anglicized as Una, Oona and Winifred. The eu- spelling appears in American records from the 1880s and belongs to the same period's taste for elaborating short names, alongside Eula, Eunice and Euphemia.
Meaningscholars disagree
one
The Latin una means one, in the feminine, and that is the reading Spenser used. The Irish Úna is a separate name of unsettled origin — the readings offered include lamb and hunger, neither demonstrated — which happened to be anglicized as Una and so absorbed the Latin meaning by accident. The eu spelling is American and belongs to neither tradition specifically.
How the name formed
- una
- Una
- Euna
Related forms: Úna · Una · Oona
Pronouncing Euna
YOO-nuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. The eu spelling gives an American reader the vowel of use rather than the oo of Irish Úna, which is said OO-nuh. That is a real difference and the reason the two spellings coexist.
Nicknames for Euna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1885
- Most girls named
- 192270 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #664reached in 1905
- Change vs 2022
- +20.0%6 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Euna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Úna in Irish — related form
- Una in Latin — related form
- Oona in English — spelling variant
Eunas among us
people named Euna are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Euna
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Euna sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Euna beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Euna in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two open syllables — it fits any form and any accent.
- It has a documented literary figure behind it and an Irish tradition beside her.
- The meaning is one word long and impossible to forget.
- There is nothing to shorten, which some families find restful.
- Una and Oona are the standard spellings and will be written instead.
- It belongs firmly to an older American generation and carries that flavor.
- The eu- gives a different vowel than the Irish name has, so relatives from that tradition will say it differently.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eunas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Euna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Euna in 2025?
- Euna ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Euna?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Euna — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Euna with classmates?
- Euna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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