How popular is the baby name Iona in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Iona.
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Around 1920, a 15-year-old Montana boy named Reindeer Coffman was in the news.
Reindeer’s baby brother had died while Reindeer was babysitting. At first, murder was suspected. Later, it was revealed that Reindeer had simply neglected the baby, who proceeded to accidentally strangle himself. (The baby’s shirt collar got caught on a protruding nail.)
One article about the case included a few lines about Reindeer’s name:
The boy’s unusual name caused [Humane Officer A. E. Decew] to make inquiries as to its genuineness. He found not only that Reindeer was called by his correct name but that there was a still more unusual name in the family. Reindeer has a brother named Rainbow.
Sure enough, both Rainbow and Reindeer (spelled “Rainder”) were listed together on the 1920 U.S. Census:
Their parents were William and Mina, and their siblings had the more common names Warren, Emery, Frances, Iona, Henry, Myrtie, Charles, and Allen.
Source: “Nail catches dress, baby is strangled, is brother’s tale.” Great Falls Daily Tribune 13 Mar. 1920: 13.
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 3, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 3-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “threes” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Tyson correspond to the numbers 20, 25, 19, 15, and 14. The sum of these numbers is 93. The digits of 93 added together equal 12, and the digits of 12 added together equal 3 — the numerological value of Tyson.
Baby names with a value of 3
Below you’ll find the most popular 3-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
3 via 12
The letters in the following baby names add up to 12, which reduces to three (1+2=3).
Girl names (3 via 12)
Boy names (3 via 12)
Aja, Fae, Bia, Abi, Bee
Gad, Jb, Abed
3 via 21
The letters in the following baby names add up to 21, which reduces to three (2+1=3).
Girl names (3 via 21)
Boy names (3 via 21)
Kai, Asa, Gala, Jaia, Clea
Kai, Kade, Asa, Alec, Ben, Beck, Cale
3 via 30
The letters in the following baby names add up to 30, which reduces to three (3+0=3).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number three. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 3 being described as “creative,” “optimistic,” “friendly,” “outgoing,” and “self-expressive.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 3:
Triple crown (victory in three events)
Hat trick (3 goals scored in one game by a single player)
Circus (3 rings)
Yard (3 feet)
Three-act structure (in narrative)
Rule of thirds (in photography)
Traffic lights
Manx flag (3 legs)
What does the number 3 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
Embla, the first woman (according to Norse mythology)
Lhotse, the 4th-highest mountain in the world (means “south peak” in Tibetan)
Winry, a manga character from the Fullmetal Alchemist
Caisson, an ammunition chest or two-wheeled ammunition wagon (means “box” in French)
Camhanaich, the Scottish word for “break of day” or “twilight”
Fitheach, the Scottish word for “raven” (and also the title of a children’s adventure game show that premiered on the Scottish-language BBC Alba channel in 2018)
The baby name Iona isn’t very popular these days, but it saw a moderate amount of usage in the early 1900s. It has several potential origins, including the Scottish island of Iona and the ancient Greek name Ione.
Beyond usage and origin, though, there’s the fascinating fact that the name Iona sounds just like the start of this sentence: “I own a…”
So have you ever wondered what all the Ionas have owned?
I was curious about this. So I checked census records, birth records, marriage records, etc., looking for Ionas who (ostensibly) owned things — that is, Ionas who had nouns as surnames. And I found lots of them.
Here are over 100 of the things that various historical Ionas have “owned,” according to their surnames:
Iona Apple Iona Attic Iona Axe Iona Badger Iona Barber Iona Bath Iona Beach Iona Bear Iona Beard Iona Beaver Iona Beer Iona Bird Iona Blazer Iona Blunt Iona Bone Iona Book Iona Boot Iona Box Iona Brain Iona Broom Iona Burger Iona Bush Iona Castle Iona Cello Iona Cherry Iona Child Iona Cleaver Iona Clock Iona Cloud Iona Coast Iona Coffee Iona Compass Iona Couch Iona Crabb Iona Dollar Iona Driver Iona Dryer Iona Fiddle Iona Fiddler Iona Field Iona Finger Iona Fish Iona Fogg Iona Foot Iona Fortune Iona Fox Iona Fry Iona Fryer Iona Garden Iona Groom Iona Hair Iona Hall Iona Hand Iona Head Iona Heart Iona Hedge Iona Hill Iona Hippie Iona Hooker
Iona House Iona Husky Iona Kettle Iona Kidney Iona King Iona Kitchen Iona Kite Iona Kitten Iona Knee Iona Lamb Iona Lamp Iona Law Iona Lemon Iona Lung Iona Manual Iona Mitten Iona Moon Iona Mountain Iona Officer Iona Orchard Iona Organ Iona Outhouse Iona Outlaw Iona Oyster Iona Palm Iona Parent Iona Partridge Iona Passenger Iona Peacock Iona Peak Iona Pearl Iona Pebble Iona Penny Iona Pigg Iona Pitcher Iona Plant Iona Plum Iona Poncho Iona Prince Iona Puff Iona Queen Iona Seal Iona Shoulder Iona Skiff Iona Skipper Iona Spear Iona Star Iona Stone Iona Stoner Iona Street Iona Stump Iona Summit Iona Swan Iona Tart Iona Vest Iona Wall Iona Wedding Iona Wine Iona Wolf
Which one of these combinations did you like best?
And, do you think the name Iona could become trendy again one day soon? (Usage of the name has been creeping upward since the 1990s.)
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