Mona

Meaning and root

From m-n-y (م-ن-ي). *Munā* is the plural of *munya*, a wish or hope — so the name means not one hope but many.

The root's other sense

The same root carries the idea of measuring out and apportioning, which is where *manīya* — an appointed death — comes from: the term allotted. Arabic frequently keeps hope and limit in one root, and this is among the clearest instances.

Note on spelling

Written منى, and transliterated Mona, Muna or Mona interchangeably; the differences are of Latin script, not of name.