Buna - Meaning of Buna

What does Buna mean?

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Buna

[ 2 syll. bu-na, bun-a ] The baby girl name Buna is pronounced BUW-Naa- †.

1: Buna's language of origin is African-Mende. The meaning of the name is 'the buna tree'.

2: Buna's origin is African. The meaning here is a fighter.

In addition, Buna is a variant form of the Czech, Italian, Hebrew, and English Bina in the Hebrew language.

See also the related categories, fighter (warrior), tree (forest), and mende.

Buna is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1910, 0.005% of baby girls were named Buna. It was #919 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is today of sporadic use. Out of all girl names in its family, Buna was nevertheless the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Buna include Baano, Baibin, Bamhi, Banan, Banee, Banhi, Banjea, Banjey, Banji, Banjie, Banjy, Bano, Banow, Banowe, Banwen, Bean, Beanie, Bebhin, Bebhinn, and Bebhyn.

† English pronunciation for Buna: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"