Monna is both a rare feminine given name and a surname of different origins. Notable people with the name include:
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Monna Tandberg
Monna Tandberg (2 July 1939 – 25 May 2025) was a Norwegian actress. She played for Fjernsynsteatret from 1961 to 1964, for Det Norske Teatret from 1964 to 1969, and for Nationaltheatret from 1969 until her retirement in 2009.
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(1939–2025), Norwegian actress
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Monna Bell
Ana Nora Escobar (January 5, 1938 – April 21, 2008), known professionally as Monna Bell, was a Chilean singer who enjoyed a successful career in Spain, Mexico and other parts of Latin America. She was reportedly one of Juan Gabriel's muses. Bel ...
(real name ''Ana Nora Escobar''; 1938–2008), Chilean singer
* ''Monna Lissa'', pseudonym of
María Luisa Fernández (1870–1938), Chilean feminist writer, editor, and poet
Surname
* (1909–1995), Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics
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Naoki Monna (born 1942), Japanese sociologist
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Paolo Monna
Paolo Monna (born 19 April 1998) is an Italian pistol shooter. He competed in the men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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(born 1998), Italian pistol shooter
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Tetsuhiro Monna (born 1970), Japanese baseball player
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Mona (name)
Mona is a female, and sometimes male, given name and a surname of multiple origins.
Given name
As a given name, Mona can have the following meanings and origins;
In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a ...
, people with this name
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Monna Vanna (disambiguation) '' Monna Vanna'' is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Monna Vanna or Mona Vanna may also refer to:
* ''Monna Vanna'', a play by Maurice Maeterlinck, the basis of Rachimaninoff's work and other operas:
** ''Monna Vanna'' (Février), 1909 ...
, a list of numerous works of art
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Feminine given names