Monica

See also: monica, Mónica, and Mônica

English

Alternative forms

• Monika

Etymology

From Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mŏn'ĭ-kə IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
• Homophones: moniker, monicker

Proper noun

Monica

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1913, Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 3:

     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.

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Mònica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫妮卡 (Mònīkǎ)

• Czech: Monika (cs) f
• Danish: Monica
• Dutch: Monique (nl)
• Esperanto: Moniko (eo)
• Estonian: Monika
• Faroese: Monika f
• French: Monique (fr)
• German: Monika (de)
• Greek: Μόνικα (el) f (Mónika)
• Hungarian: Mónika (hu)
• Indonesian: Monika
• Italian: Monica (it)
• Japanese: モニカ (Monika)
• Latvian: Monika f
• Lithuanian: Monika (lt) f
• Marathi: मोनिका f (monikā), मॉनिका f (mŏnikā)
• Norwegian: Monika (no)
• Polish: Monika (pl) f
• Portuguese: Mónica (pt), Mônica (pt)
• Russian: Мо́ника (ru) (Mónika)
• Sicilian: Mònica f
• Spanish: Mónica (es)
• Swedish: Monika (sv)
• Vietnamese: Mônica

Anagrams

• Camino, MINOCA, anicom, anomic, camion, conima, manioc

Danish

Alternative forms

• Monika

Etymology

From Latin Monica.

Proper noun

Monica

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Mona

References

• [1] 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

• Monika

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Monica, probably from Punic, though Latin and Ancient Greek etymologies have also been proposed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.ni.kaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mo‧ni‧ca

Proper noun

Monica f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Monique

German

Proper noun

Monica f (proper noun, genitive Monica)

1. a female given name, a less common variant of Monika

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ni.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔnika
• Hyphenation: Mò‧ni‧ca

Proper noun

Monica f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Monica

Anagrams

• camino, camion, cimano, macino, macinò, manico, monaci, nomica

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Monika

Etymology

From Latin Monica. Taken to regular use in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Monica

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Mona

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] 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

Monica f (genitive/dative Monicăi)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Monica

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Monica c (genitive Monicas)

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Monika

References

• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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

Borrowed from Spanish Mónica.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmonika/ [ˌmoː.n̪ɪˈxa]
• Rhymes: -onika
• Syllabification: Mo‧ni‧ca

Proper noun

Mónicá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃ)

1. a female given name from Spanish