Nonna as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Nonna

What is the meaning of the name Nonna ?

The baby name Nonna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NON-uh (UK: /ˈnɒnə/, US: /ˈnɑːnə/).

Nonna is Georgian, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian in Origin.

Nonna is a feminine given name found across the Christian Mediterranean and Slavic worlds. In Late Antiquity it appears in Greek and Latin as Nonna, likely the feminine of Nonnus (of obscure, possibly Semitic, origin), and later became associated with Late Latin nonnus/nonna "monk, nun" and with Italian nonna "grandmother." The closely related variant Nona can also derive from Latin nona "ninth," reflected in the name of the Roman Fate Nona.

Notable bearers include Saint Nonna of Nazianzus (4th century), mother of Gregory the Theologian, and the Celtic Saint Non/Nonna, mother of Saint David of Wales; these saints anchored the name in Orthodox and insular traditions. In the 20th century Nonna was especially common in Russia, Georgia, and Armenia (e.g., actress Nonna Mordyukova), while remaining rare in Western Europe outside nickname use in Italian. Variants and diminutives include Nona, Non, Noni, Nonie/Nonnie, and Nanna; masculine counterpart: Nonnus.