Is this name made up?
I knew a girl once named Muneit, pronounced either "moon-EET" or "MOON-ee" (although I'm not sure if one was a mispronunciation or a nickname). I really like the name, though I probably wouldn't give it to any of my kids, but I was wondering where it came from. I couldn't find it on this database. It's probably made up, but I was just wondering if anyone happened to know.
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What was this girl's ethnic background? It looks to me like her parents may have been trying to Anglicize Muadhnait, an old Irish Gaelic name pronounced something like "moo-ah-nit" which is derived from the word "muad" meaning "noble, good." According to O Corrain and Maguire's _Irish Names_, there was an Irish virgin saint of this name.
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Could it be some sort of weird creative attempt at the last name Monet?
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