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Una (given name)

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Una is a feminine given name with various origins. As used by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene, the name is derived from the Latin unus, meaning one.[1] The Filipino word "una" meaning "first" (e.g., in Tagalog and Cebuano) is also derived from this Latin root. This is also the meaning implied for the given name of Star Trek character Una Chin-Riley, commonly called Number One.

Úna is an Irish language version that may be derived from the Irish word uan 'lamb'.[2] An alternative spelling is Oona. The Scottish Gaelic form is Ùna.

Una (Serbian Cyrillic: Уна) is furthermore a popular given name in former-Yugoslav countries (including Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro), likely also deriving from the Latin unus.

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
  2. ^ Behind the Name: Úna
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