Oona Explained

Oona is a feminine given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish-language name Úna. Apart from in Ireland, it is also a popular name in Finland.^[1]

People with the name

Oona

• Oona Brown (born 2004), American ice dancer
• Oona Chaplin (born 1986), Spanish actress and dancer, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill
• (born 1986), British dancer and choreographer
• Oona Hart, American model and actress
• Oona A. Hathaway (born 1972), American law professor
• Oona King (born 1967), British politician
• Oona Laurence (born 2002), American actress
• Oona Louhivaara (born 1987), Finnish actress
• Oona O'Neill (1925–1991), fourth and final wife of Charlie Chaplin
• Oona Sormunen (born 1989), Finnish athlete

Oonah

• Oonah Keogh (1903–1989), Irish woman who became the first female member of the Dublin Stock Exchange
• Oonah McFee (1916–2006), Canadian novelist and short story writer
• Oonah Shannahan (1921–2022), New Zealand netball player

Oonagh

• Oonagh (singer) (born 1990 as Senta-Sofia Delliponti), German singer
• Oonagh Guinness (1910–1995), Anglo-Irish socialite, society hostess and art collector
• Oonagh McDonald (born 1938), British businesswoman

Fictional people with the name

Mononym

• Oona (or Oonagh), wife of Finvarra or Fionn mac Cumhaill and queen of the fairies in the mythology of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man

See also: Fairy Queen.

• Oona, the protagonist of the Irish TV series Puffin Rock
• Oona, from Nick Jr.'s animated TV series Bubble Guppies
• Oona, a character in the movie Timer
• Oona, the pixie in the movie Legend
• Oona, the mother of the protagonist in The Flight Before Christmas (2008 film)

Titled

• Agent Oona, a main character in season two of the PBS Kids show Odd Squad
• Lady Oonagh, a bad stepmother character in Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest
• Lady Una, a fairy character in Neil Gaiman's Stardust
• Oona, Queen of the Fae, from the Shadowmoor block of collectible card game Magic: The Gathering
• Princess Oona, a character in Disney's Donald Duck comics
• Princess Oona, a mermaid in Disney's Sofia the First cartoon
• Queen Oona, a character in Disenchantment

Given name

• Oonagh Mullarkey, from the Marvel universe
• Oonagh O'Dwyer, an Irish woman who first appears in Dorothy Dunnett's historical novel Queen's Play (1964), second of the Lymond Chronicles
• Oona von Bek, a character in Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels, daughter of Elric of Melnibone
• Oonagh von Bek, a character in Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels, granddaughter of Elric of Melnibone

See also

• List of Irish-language given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Oona.