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Menna

Girl · MEN-na · Arabic

Menna is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gift, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).

What does Menna mean?

Arabic: from minna 'favour, gift'; also a separate Welsh name

“gift, grace”

Widely used in Egypt; Menna is also an established Welsh girls' name with a different, uncertain origin.

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MEN-na

Is Menna a girl's or a boy's name?

Menna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Menna in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,509among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Menna, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 27 girls.

Half of all the girls named Menna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Menna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 27 in 19992025
Menna in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202412#2,323
20239#2,841
202214#2,052
20219#2,846
202011#2,407
201911#2,420
20189#2,825
201713#2,210
201612#2,363
201514#2,085
201420#1,596
201315#1,964
201222#1,516
201114#2,032
201026#1,299
200925#1,285
200821#1,443
200718#1,544
200623#1,229
200518#1,382
200427#1,006
200319#1,263
200216#1,333
200119#1,155
200021#1,073
199927#893
199824#981
19979#1,927
199621#1,024

How popular is Menna in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,104among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 180,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Menna, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Menna in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 49 girls in the US were given Menna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,594, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.

1997Busiest: 21 in 20222025
Menna in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#10,104
20245#15,288
202311#8,984
202221#5,790
20216#13,459
202011#8,948
201910#9,730
20189#10,540
201710#9,939
201616#7,227
20157#13,001
201415#7,633
20138#11,964
20120–
20118#12,146
20108#12,270
200911#9,971
20088#12,574
20078#12,671
20069#11,412
20050–
20046#14,172
200310#9,666
20020–
20015#15,345
20000–
19990–
19987#11,132
19975#13,719

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