# Mungo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mungo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | “my dear (one)” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Mungo. This was the nickname of Kentigern, better known as Saint Mungo, the founder and patron saint of Glasgow, and possibly comes from the Cumbric equivalent of the Welsh fy nghu (“my dear (one)”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,005 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Mungo

- Saint Mungo, apostle of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late 6th century
- Mungo Ponton, British photography pioneer (1801–1880)
- Hugh Grant, British actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.