Nonia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nonia

What is the meaning of the name Nonia ?

The baby name Nonia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced NOH-nee-uh (IPA: /ˈnoʊniə/).

Nonia is Latin in Origin.

Nonia is Latin in origin, the feminine form of the Roman family name Nonius. The stem nonus (“ninth”) underlies the nomen, possibly marking a ninth-born child or a tie to the Nones (from nonus, “ninth”), the day counted nine days before the Ides. In Roman religion, Nona, one of the Parcae, presided over the ninth month of pregnancy, giving the name maternal associations. Women named Nonia appear in inscriptions across Italy and the provinces during the late Republic and Empire.

After antiquity, Nonia lingered mainly in Latinized records and as a hereditary surname in parts of southern Europe, but it sees occasional modern revival as a given name. Variants and short forms include Nona, Noni, and Nia; the masculine counterpart is Nonius (also Nonus). The meaning is commonly glossed as “ninth” or “ninth-born.”