Nona () is a surname of
Aramaic
Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...
origin. The name derives from the
Akkadian word "Nunum" or "Nuna", meaning large fish or whale (in reference to the Abrahamic text'', Jonah and the Whale'').
The name is also a variant of the
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
word "Yona" and
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
word "
Younes", all referring to Jonah.
People with the surname Nona are typically
Assyrian Christians from West Asia, who are speakers of
Neo-Aramaic dialects.
Surname
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Emil Shimoun Nona (b. 1967), Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand
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Gajaman Nona
Donna Isabella Koraneliya () ( Gajaman Nona) (10 March 1746 – 15 December 1815) was a Sri Lankan poet of the Matara Era, noted for her ability to create impromptu Sinhala poetry.
Childhood
She was born in Kollupitiya, Ceylon as the second dau ...
(1746-1815), Sri Lankan poet
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Lucie Nona (b. 1991), DR Congolese footballer
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