Monica
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latin Monica, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain origin and meaning; suggestions include Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”) and Latin moneō (“I advise”), but likely of Punic origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Monica
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1913 Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing (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.
- 1913 Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing (2004), →ISBN, page 3:
Translations
female given name
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Anagrams
Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Monica
- a female given name.
Related terms
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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Monica, probably from Punic, though Latin and Ancient Greek etymologies have also been proposed.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Monica f
- a female given name.
Related terms
German
Proper noun
Monica f (proper noun, genitive Monica)
- a female given name, a less common spelling of Monika.
Italian
Proper noun
Monica f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Monica.
Anagrams
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Monica. Taken to regular use in the 20th century.
Proper noun
Monica
- a female given name.
Related terms
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)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Monica.
Swedish
Proper noun
Monica c (genitive Monicas)
- 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
Proper noun
Monica
- a female given name from Spanish
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