Origin and popularity of the name MON
Origin
Mon : 1: Asturian-Leonese: habitational name from Mon in Asturias (Spain).2: Catalan: from a short form of the Marian name Mare de Déu del Món ‘Mother of God of the World’.3: Welsh (Caernarvonshire): perhaps a habitational name from (Ynys) Môn the Welsh name of Anglesey. The etymology of Môn is uncertain.4: Altered form of German Mann Mohn or Monn.5: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 萬 possibly based on its Cantonese pronunciation see Wan 1.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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