# Uno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uno/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 103 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 103 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 宇野 (Uno) or うの (Uno).

## 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.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1908 | 5 | 1,574 |
| 1912 | 12 | 1,519 |
| 1913 | 8 | 2,257 |
| 1914 | 11 | 2,092 |
| 1915 | 14 | 2,057 |
| 1916 | 6 | 3,855 |
| 1917 | 10 | 2,716 |
| 1918 | 15 | 2,155 |
| 1919 | 15 | 2,142 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,796 |

## People named Uno

- Uno Cygnaeus, Finnish priest and founder of Finland's school system (1810–1888)
- Uno Palu, Estonian athletics competitor (1933–2024)
- Uno Laht, Estonian writer (1924–2008)
- Uno Ullberg, Finnish architect (1879–1944)
- Uno Harva, Finnish theologian (1882–1949)
- Uno Piir, Estonian association football player and coach (1929-2025)
- Uno Nai͏ssoo, Estonian composer (1928-1980)

## 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.