Monica Forename
169th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,925,390 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
San Marino
Monica Forename Definition:
A female name. the name of the mother of St Augustine; the etymology is unknown; it is possibly of African origin. Monique is not uncommon in France. Monica occurs at Croston, Lancs, in c.1640, and again at the end of the 18th C. It has become something of a favourite in the present century.
Read More About This ForenameMonica Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 369,179 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Argentina | 100% | 285,202 | 1:150 | 29 |
| Mexico | 100% | 272,470 | 1:456 | 84 |
| Brazil | 96% | 203,101 | 1:1,055 | 159 |
| Italy | 100% | 169,499 | 1:360 | 76 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 128,219 | 1:412 | 59 |
| Spain | 100% | 110,558 | 1:421 | 89 |
| Colombia | 100% | 107,616 | 1:444 | 76 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 104,148 | 1:1,705 | 313 |
| Ecuador | - | 98,595 | 1:180 | 22 |
| Uganda | 100% | 92,452 | 1:443 | 87 |
| Chile | 100% | 72,815 | 1:242 | 48 |
| Romania | 100% | 50,443 | 1:398 | 82 |
| Kenya | 100% | 49,086 | 1:943 | 193 |
| Peru | 100% | 47,383 | 1:671 | 126 |
| South Africa | 100% | 47,321 | 1:1,152 | 146 |
| Zambia | - | 42,353 | 1:374 | 70 |
| Malawi | 100% | 42,220 | 1:405 | 82 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 36,613 | 1:315 | 74 |
| Philippines | 99% | 36,431 | 1:2,910 | 558 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 35,750 | 1:431 | 53 |
| Ghana | 99% | 34,498 | 1:782 | 180 |
| England | 100% | 27,523 | 1:2,020 | 337 |
| Sweden | 100% | 26,024 | 1:379 | 63 |
| Canada | 100% | 24,042 | 1:1,378 | 312 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23,713 | 1:1,274 | 206 |
| India | 100% | 22,985 | 1:52,855 | 7,046 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 22,030 | 1:481 | 100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 20,158 | 1:404 | 35 |
| Mozambique | - | 18,240 | 1:1,494 | 343 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 18,237 | 1:883 | 188 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 16,926 | 1:15,241 | 2,170 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15,833 | 1:216 | 41 |
| Portugal | - | 15,718 | 1:662 | 114 |
| Norway | 100% | 15,134 | 1:339 | 74 |
| Angola | 100% | 13,766 | 1:1,959 | 402 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11,819 | 1:1,828 | 364 |
| Sudan | 100% | 11,700 | 1:3,231 | 558 |
| Egypt | 100% | 11,451 | 1:8,026 | 813 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 10,775 | 1:762 | 168 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 10,575 | 1:684 | 156 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9,832 | 1:1,719 | 358 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 8,310 | 1:574 | 111 |
| Australia | - | 8,075 | 1:1,691 | 328 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 7,746 | 1:1,347 | 216 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,338 | 1:393 | 63 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,558 | 1:1,081 | 233 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,439 | 1:15,014 | 831 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 5,966 | 1:5,104 | 592 |
| Ireland | 100% | 5,843 | 1:795 | 161 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 5,076 | 1:2,240 | 480 |
| Congo | 100% | 4,664 | 1:1,074 | 163 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,863 | 1:1,011 | 177 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,770 | 1:10,087 | 464 |
| France | 100% | 3,679 | 1:18,068 | 863 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,513 | 1:3,271 | 599 |
| Madagascar | - | 3,325 | 1:7,107 | 1,310 |
| El Salvador | - | 2,983 | 1:2,126 | 302 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,800 | 1:25,024 | 3,272 |
| Denmark | - | 2,772 | 1:2,038 | 335 |
| Namibia | - | 2,337 | 1:1,029 | 215 |
| China | - | 2,333 | 1:585,536 | 27,892 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,200 | 1:72,482 | 5,501 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,065 | 1:2,655 | 424 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,785 | 1:763 | 104 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1,718 | 1:662 | 178 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,706 | 1:3,136 | 367 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,690 | 1:2,101 | 260 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,613 | 1:5,467 | 697 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,446 | 1:3,051 | 420 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,348 | 1:4,465 | 675 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,314 | 1:6,395 | 975 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,267 | 1:3,580 | 584 |
| Barbados | - | 1,180 | 1:246 | 34 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,163 | 1:500 | 96 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,124 | 1:1,943 | 346 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,090 | 1:1,691 | 298 |
| Cambodia | 91% | 1,090 | 1:14,930 | 1,556 |
| Cuba | - | 1,022 | 1:11,259 | 811 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 966 | 1:76,426 | 4,362 |
| Wales | 100% | 945 | 1:3,274 | 474 |
| Guyana | 100% | 824 | 1:926 | 128 |
| Austria | 100% | 775 | 1:10,986 | 661 |
| Malta | - | 756 | 1:568 | 133 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Fiji | - | 518 | 1:1,723 | 479 |
| Qatar | 100% | 501 | 1:4,730 | 757 |
| Hong Kong | - | 498 | 1:15,568 | 1,542 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 472 | 1:11,923 | 1,151 |
| Gabon | 100% | 441 | 1:4,271 | 886 |
| Singapore | 100% | 412 | 1:15,260 | 3,126 |
| Andorra | - | 403 | 1:206 | 38 |
| Haiti | 100% | 398 | 1:26,952 | 2,084 |
| Suriname | 100% | 395 | 1:1,400 | 309 |
| Estonia | 100% | 391 | 1:3,364 | 589 |
| Greece | 100% | 351 | 1:31,153 | 1,326 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 327 | 1:476 | 133 |
| San Marino | 100% | 311 | 1:106 | 15 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 304 | 1:585 | 70 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 301 | 1:1,874 | 308 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 289 | 1:7,059 | 1,041 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 278 | 1:699,128 | 14,167 |
| Bahamas | - | 235 | 1:1,699 | 397 |
| Japan | - | 230 | 1:556,461 | 11,620 |
| Oman | - | 225 | 1:18,261 | 1,628 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 218 | 1:512 | 36 |
| Belize | 100% | 214 | 1:1,656 | 370 |
| Grenada | 100% | 197 | 1:549 | 71 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 194 | 1:478 | 90 |
| Guam | - | 192 | 1:837 | 176 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 182 | 1:130,603 | 13,933 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 167 | 1:5,216 | 593 |
| Aruba | - | 163 | 1:637 | 99 |
| Russia | 100% | 160 | 1:901,461 | 8,046 |
| South Korea | 100% | 157 | 1:35,315 | 2,742 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Micronesia | - | 144 | 1:740 | 117 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 136 | 1:807 | 146 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Dominica | - | 132 | 1:572 | 128 |
| Czechia | 100% | 116 | 1:91,863 | 1,117 |
| Hungary | 100% | 111 | 1:88,214 | 692 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 94 | 1:195,526 | 8,802 |
| Jersey | - | 91 | 1:1,099 | 236 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 85 | 1:383,806 | 7,271 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 83 | 1:86,169 | 7,238 |
| Cape Verde | - | 82 | 1:6,453 | 800 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 70 | 1:1,420 | 306 |
| Iraq | 100% | 68 | 1:514,969 | 5,682 |
| Croatia | 100% | 64 | 1:65,892 | 2,000 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 61 | 1:3,147 | 585 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 54 | 1:45,533 | 1,974 |
| Ethiopia | - | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Monaco | 100% | 46 | 1:836 | 177 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 44 | 1:710 | 125 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 40 | 1:868 | 188 |
| Kazakhstan | 95% | 39 | 1:455,047 | 7,005 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Bermuda | - | 36 | 1:1,801 | 401 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Turkey | 100% | 34 | 1:2,288,286 | 15,233 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 33 | 1:1,552 | 224 |
| Nepal | - | 33 | 1:863,253 | 19,903 |
| Jordan | 100% | 32 | 1:275,837 | 3,015 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:2,114 | 469 |
| Albania | 100% | 26 | 1:117,176 | 7,651 |
| Palestine | 100% | 24 | 1:189,586 | 2,317 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 22 | 1:602 | 73 |
| Armenia | 100% | 22 | 1:132,671 | 2,942 |
| Benin | 100% | 21 | 1:503,612 | 16,626 |
| Iceland | - | 21 | 1:17,429 | 1,276 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 21 | 1:1,098,854 | 31,525 |
| Vietnam | - | 19 | 1:4,874,901 | 3,589 |
| Macau | - | 18 | 1:33,789 | 454 |
| Bulgaria | - | 17 | 1:411,199 | 7,134 |
| Iran | - | 15 | 1:5,233,125 | 19,849 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 15 | 1:45,127 | 2,412 |
| Georgia | 100% | 14 | 1:267,033 | 6,407 |
| Moldova | 100% | 14 | 1:254,367 | 2,089 |
| Senegal | 100% | 14 | 1:1,041,525 | 9,505 |
| Latvia | 100% | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Myanmar | - | 12 | 1:4,329,023 | 1,400 |
| Burundi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,100,729 | 1,050 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 9 | 1:258 | 46 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Maldives | - | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5 | 1:2,371,729 | 4,683 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 3 | 1:3,976 | 333 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,795 | 134 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mali | 100% | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Mónica (54,782), Mônica (4,701), Mònica (870), Mõnica (20), Mönica (10), Moníca (2), Moñica (2), Monicá (1), Moniça (1), Móníca (1) & Mônicä (1) are calculated separately.
Monica (20,020) may also be a surname.
Monica Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the name of the mother of St Augustine; the etymology is unknown; it is possibly of African origin. Monique is not uncommon in France. Monica occurs at Croston, Lancs, in c.1640, and again at the end of the 18th C. It has become something of a favourite in the present century.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. Direct from Italian, itself naturally from Latin, monitor, ‘an adviser’ or ‘one who warns’, it may, however, cast back to Greek μόνος (monos), f. μόνη, ‘alone’ or ‘unique’. Its usage has been vivified by memories of St. Monica, ‘the saintly mother of St. Augustine of Hippo, who owed his conversion... to Christianity and high sanctity to her prayers and tears’ (Benedictines).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name. It may be from It. mónaca, a nun; or a feminine formed from its root,the Latin monachus, a monk.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Latin name, meaning: Adviser.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Monica Forename Popularity
Monica Demographics
Monica Political Affiliation
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Sample size: 56,805 (2014)
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