Mona has independent roots: Italian — short form of Madonna ("my lady"); Irish *Muadhnait* — "noble"; Arabic *munā* (منى) — "wishes, desires." **The Mona Lisa** — Leonardo da Vinci's c. 1503-1519 portrait, the most-visited and most-recognized artwork in human history (8+ million visitors annually at the Louvre); the title is from Italian *ma donna* (my lady) **Lisa Gherardini**. **Mona Eltahawy (born 1967)** — **Egyptian American journalist; her 2015 book *Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution* became one of the most-translated Arab feminist works of the 2010s**. **Mona Singh (born 1981)** — Indian actress; *Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin* (Star Plus 2003-2006) — the highest-rated Indian sitcom of its era; *3 Idiots* (2009). **Mona Lisa (born Lisa Quesada, 1976)** — Filipina-American actress and stage performer. **Mona Lisa Vito** — Marisa Tomei's Oscar-winning character in *My Cousin Vinny* (1992). **Mona Charen** — American political commentator. **"Mona Lisa"** (1950 Nat King Cole song) — Academy Award winner for Best Original Song.
Featured throughout global art and culture.
Mona reduces to six — the number of my lady.