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Monika
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Mónika
English
Etymology
A less common spelling of Monica, used since the twentieth century.
Pronunciation
mŏn'ĭ-kə, en /ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
en moniker monicker
Proper noun
en female Latin.
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Translations
female given name Monica
Anagrams
en aikmno Minako Namiko kimona
Czech
Pronunciation
[ny]
Proper noun
f
cs female Monica
Declension
f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female, da Monica
Dutch
Proper noun
f
nl Monica
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Monica Latin
Related terms
et Mona Moonika
Faroese
Etymology
From fo la Monica, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain origin and meaning; suggestions include fo grc μόνος alone and fo la moneō to advise, but likely of fo xpu - origin.
Pronunciation
fo /ˈmoːnɪka/
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female Monica
Usage notes
m Monikuson Monikudóttir
Declension
Monika Moniku Moniku Moniku
Related terms
fo Mona
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Mŏnĭca.
Pronunciation
mo(:)nika
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Monik a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 889 1035 444
References
French
Pronunciation
fr Monica
Proper noun
f
fr female Monika
Related terms
fr Monica Monique
German
Alternative forms
de Monica
Etymology
From de la Monica.
Pronunciation
de De-Monika.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female very in Germany in the 1940's and the 1950's
Related terms
de Mona
Japanese
Romanization
モニカ
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From lv la Monica.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Monika was the only given name of 1639 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Mònika
Proper noun
f Mònika 1
lt female Latin Monica
Declension
Mònik s
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Monica
Etymology
From no la Monica.
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: 3173 females with the given name Monika (compared to 11 777 named Monica) living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Monica + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Monika.ogg
Proper noun
f Monia,Moniczka,Monisia
pl female Latin Monica
Declension
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
f
sh female
Declension
Monik
Further reading
Slovak
Pronunciation
loan
Proper noun
f
sk female
Declension
f
Derived terms
sk Hypocoristics Mona Monča
Further reading
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Monica
Etymology
From sv la Monica. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1785 as Monica.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Monika.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Related terms
sv Mona
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 42 497 females with the given name Monika (compared to 29 766 named Monica) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.