Oona — Mediated Wiki

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=oona|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Oona}}</ref> {{toc right}}

==People with the name == ===Oona=== * Oona Airola (born 1988), Finnish actress * Oona Brown (born 2004), American ice dancer * Oona Chaplin (born 1986), Spanish actress and dancer, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill * {{ill|Oona Doherty|fr}} (born 1986), British dancer and choreographer * Oona Eisenstadt, American religious studies scholar * Oona Grimes (born 1957), British artist and lecturer * Oona Hart, American model and actress * Oona A. Hathaway (born 1972), American law professor * Oona Kauste (born 1988), Finnish curler * Oona King (born 1967), British politician * Oona Kivelä (born 1983), Finnish pole dancer * Oona Koukkula (born 2003), Finnish ice hockey player * 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 Orpana (2001), Finnish tennis player * Oona Ounasvuori, Finnish figure skater * Oona Parviainen (1977), Finnish ice hockey player and coach * Oona Sevenius (2004), Finnish footballer * Oona Siren (2001), Finnish footballer * Oona Sormunen (born 1989), Finnish javelin thrower

===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=== * 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'' * 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 * Oona, a reoccurring character in the Disney Jr. show Sofia the First.

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