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Monica
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monica Mónica Mônica
English
Alternative forms
en Monika
Etymology
From en la Monica, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably en ber or en phn - origin.
Pronunciation
mŏn'ĭ-kə
en /ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Monica.wav Southern England
en /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/ GA
mō'nĭ-kä
en /ˈmo.nɪ.kɑ/ Indic
en Mo ni ca
en moniker monicker non-rhotic
Proper noun
en female Latin.
en 1913 w:Rafael Sabatini The Strolling Saint 3 Kessinger Publishing 2004 1419184253 They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.
en Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/news/russia-forum-ceos 2014-05-02 Similarly, Alcoa (AA)CEO Klaus Kleinfeld has also dropped plans to attend, but the company will participate, said spokeswoman Monica Orbe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260217094602/https://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/news/russia-forum-ceos 17 February 2026
Derived terms
en Mondler Monicagate
Translations
female given name
Catalan: ca Mònica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 莫妮卡 Mònīkǎ
Czech: cs Monika f
Danish: da Monica
Dutch: nl Monique
Esperanto: eo Moniko
Estonian: et Monika
Faroese: fo Monika f
French: fr Monique
Galician: gl Mónica f
German: de Monika
Greek: el Μόνικα f
Hungarian: hu Mónika
Indonesian: id Monika
Italian: it Monica
Japanese: ja モニカ Monika
Latvian: lv Monika f
Lithuanian: lt Monika f
Marathi: mr मोनिका f, mr मॉनिका f
Norwegian: no Monika
Polish: pl Monika f
Portuguese: pt Mónica, pt Mônica
Russian: ru Мо́ника
Sicilian: scn Mònica f
Spanish: es Mónica
Swedish: sv Monika
Vietnamese: vi Mônica
Anagrams
en acimno Camino MINOCA anicom anomic camion conima manioc
Danish
Alternative forms
da Monika
Etymology
From da la Monica.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
Related terms
da Mona
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 2487 females with the given name Monica (compared to 1338 named Monika) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Monika
Etymology
Borrowed from nl la Monica, probably from nl xpu -, though Latin and Ancient Greek etymologies have also been proposed.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmoː.ni.kaː/
nl Nl-Monica.ogg
nl Mo ni ca
Proper noun
f
nl female
Related terms
nl Monique
German
Proper noun
f
de female a less common Monika
Italian
Pronunciation
Mònica
Proper noun
f
it female Monica
Anagrams
it acimno camino camion cimano macino macinò manico monaci nomica
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Monika
Etymology
From no la Monica. Taken to regular use in the 20th century.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Related terms
no Mona
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 777 females with the given name Monica (compared to 3173 named Monika) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Romanian
Proper noun
f Monicăi
ro female Monica
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Monica.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female, a less common spelling of sv Monika
References
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 20 766 females with the given name Monica (compared to 42 497 named Monika) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Mónica + 1
Pronunciation
Mónica
Proper noun
Mónicá +
tl female Spanish