Given name
Mónica
Mónica is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish and Portuguese.
Original Spanishโมนีกา
Meaning & origin
Mónica’s family of names
In Galician usage, Mónica has a conventional equivalent in the English form Monica. In Spanish usage, Mónica has a conventional equivalent in the French form Monique. In Spanish usage, Mónica has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Monika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mónica has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Mónica comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mónica
- Monica PuigPuerto Rican tennis playerborn 1993
- Mónica SpearVenezuelan beauty pageant titleholder (1984–2014)
- Mónica NaranjoSpanish singer and songwriterborn 1974
- Mónica AyosArgentine actressborn 1972
- Mónica MiguelMexican actress (1939-2020)
- Eva CopaBolivian politicianborn 1987
- Mónica GarcíaSpanish politician and anesthesistborn 1974
- Mónica MolinaSpanish actor and singerborn 1968
- Mónica JiménezChilean politician (1940–2020)
Characters named Mónica: Monica Reyes (the television series The X-Files).
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