Monique
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from French equivalent to Monica
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˌmoʊˈnik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Monique is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 606(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 84as Monika
- PLPoland1 in 102as Monika
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Monique itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- #141 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 593 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 606 (inferred from the name graph)
376,774 named Monika, 2026
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Monika in DE Germany, PL Poland, CZ Czechia and 1 more and Monica in US United States, AR Argentina, BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Monachus via Monica? traditionally explained as ‘advisor’
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
How Monique is read(measured from records)
Monique is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English51%
A female given name from French equivalent to Monica.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French27%
From Latin Monachus via Monica? traditionally explained as ‘advisor’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
From Greek Monikos; associated here with arthrosis and eye ailments.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
a female given name, equivalent to English Monica
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Du grec Monikos, étymologie discutée; souvent rapproché de monos «seul».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du grec Monoika, surnom d’Hercule; évoque l’unité. Fête non indiquée.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
- Portuguese6.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Monique in Portuguese.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Monique counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #27 | 376,774as Monika | 1 in 102 | 377K | Monika | 239 |
| DE Germany | #42 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 301 | — | Monika | 271 |
| US United States | #174 | 264,966as Monica | 1 in 1.3K | 265K | Monica | 593 |
| AR Argentina | #72 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 214 | 152 | Monica | 149 |
| BR Brazil | #151 | 190,977as Monica | 1 in 1.1K | 204K | Monica | 218 |
| CZ Czechia | #41 | 127,714as Monika | 1 in 84 | 128K | Monika | 162 |
| FR France | #103 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 606 | 400K | Monique | 356 |
| HU Hungary | #61 | 61,103as Mónika | 1 in 160 | 61K | Monika | 157 |
| LT Lithuania | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 221 | 19K | Monique | 6 |
376,774 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Registrų centras — top-50 given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Monique Chaumetteb. 1927FRFrench actress
- Barbarab. 1930FRnot in their usual nameFrench recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
- Mo'Niqueb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican stand-up comedian and actress
- Cat Ellingtonb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican songwriter, casting director, poet, author, researcher, voice actress, and entrepreneur (born 1970)
- Monique Curnenb. 1970USAmerican actress
- Gabrielle Unionb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer and model
- Monique Colemanb. 1980USAmerican actress
- Monique Gandertonb. 1980CACanadian stunt woman
- Monique Alexanderb. 1982USAmerican pornographic actress
- Moses Ingramb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 91 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2007 | 400K | #2,827 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 71K | #719 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 70K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 70K | #431 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 68K | #632 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 1.4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 348 | #431 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1955 | 230 | #647 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 152 | #719 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 121 | #1,382 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 121 | #1,382 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 46 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Monique have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 377 thousand people named Monika, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where does the name Monique come from?
- From Latin Monachus via Monica? traditionally explained as ‘advisor’ Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- How do you pronounce Monique?
- A machine transcription gives /ˌmoʊˈnik/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Monique mean?
- In English, A female given name from French equivalent to Monica.
- Is Monique a male or female name?
- Monique is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Monique?
- In the etymology graph, Monica, Monika and Mónica are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Monique?
- In Poland, the national register counted 376,774 people named Monika in 2026, about 1 in 102 residents.
- How common is Monique compared with other names?
- In Poland, Monique is the 27th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Monique?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/moniqueThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Monique” — the 27th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.