Origin: | From Latin words for hermit, monk and advise, warn | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Mónica in particular | |
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Group info: About Monica, the group of names with the same origin as Mónica | Language of origin: | Latin |
Info about origin: | meaning and origin not known for sure |
| sometimes said to derive from Latin monachus (monk) |
| in the Middle Ages seen as connected to Latin monere (to advise) and meaning advisor |
| known from Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, a father of the church (4th century AD) |
| because Saint Monica came from Carthage in Northern Africa the name could also be of North African/Phoenician origin |
Words: | monachus = the hermit, the monk Latin |
| monere = to advise, to warn Latin |
Topics: | New Testament |
Variants' top ranks: | 3:Monika Germany 2005, 3:Monique Belgium 2013, 10:Mónica Ecuador 2013, 19:Mónika Hungary 2014, 24:Monica Sweden 2014 |
Name variants: | Mengia, Mona, Moni, Monica, Mónica, Monika, Mónika, Monique Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Mónica | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Ecuador prevalence | | 2013 10 |
Spain | Graph | 2010 100, 2009 95, 2008 90, 2007 88, 2006 82 |
Spain prevalence | | 2015 46 |
Spain/Madrid | Graph | 2005 50, 2004 47, 2003 40, 2002 43, 2001 44, 2000 40, 1999 35, 1998 31 |
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