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 Monique in particular | |
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Group info: About Monica, the group of names with the same origin as Monique | 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 Monique | Series | Graph | Rankings |
Australia/NSW | Graph | 2005 97, 2004 85, 2003 61, 2002 66, 2001 56 |
Belgium prevalence | | 2013 3 |
France prevalence | | 2011 5 |
USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 172, 1980-1989 132, 1970-1979 165 |
USA yearly | Graph | 2008 921, 2007 772, 2006 656, 2005 557, 2004 462, 2003 457, 2002 409, 2001 372, 2000 343, 1999 295, 1998 258, 1997 237, 1996 196, 1995 181, 1994 175, 1993 169 |
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