Pomona as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pomona

What is the meaning of the name Pomona ?

The baby name Pomona is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /pəˈmoʊnə/ (puh-MOH-nuh).

Pomona is Latin in Origin.

Pomona is a Latin theonym turned given name, taken from pomum “fruit, apple” with the feminine divine suffix -ona, yielding the sense “fruitfulness,” “orchard,” or “goddess of fruit trees.” In Roman myth she is the nymph who tends gardens and orchards and is wooed by Vertumnus; the term also underlies pomology, the science of fruit cultivation, reinforcing the name’s botanical resonance.

As a personal name it appears sporadically in England from the 17th century, then gains modest currency in the 18th–19th centuries alongside neoclassical and pastoral fashions, with later pockets of use in the United States and Commonwealth (helped by place names such as Pomona, California). The form remains stable across many languages; French uses Pomone, while Italian, Spanish, and Polish keep Pomona. Informal short forms include Mona and Nona. The overall meaning evokes abundance, cultivation, and ripened fruit.

⚙ Pomona is a genuine rarity. We count just 8 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 6 countries.