Given name & surname
Monique
“one who provides wise counsel”
Monique is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “one who provides wise counsel.”
Original FrenchMonika
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who provides wise counsel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Monique developed from Monica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monique through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79,160
- 377 boys · 78,783 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 3,182 babies
- 2025
- 46
- #3,370 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 46 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,370 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 23.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,163 in 1980. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 71,263 as a first name in 2020; 156 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Monique’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Monique developed from the Latin form Monica. In French usage, Monique has a related form in Monika. Monique shares a linguistic root with Monica.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Monique has relatives in 23 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Monique comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Monikavariant · French, Polish
- Moniquavariant
- Monniquelikely variant
- Moneakevariant
- Moneaquavariant
- Moneaquevariant
- Moeneekvariant
- Moneekevariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Monicacognate · Italian, English
- Monikoequivalent
- Moonikaequivalent
- Mònicaequivalent
- MónicaSpanish
- МоникаRussian
- MônicaPortuguese
- モニカJapanese
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People named Monique
- Monique WittigFrench writer (1935-2003)
- Mo'NiqueAmerican stand-up comedian and actressborn 1967
- BarbaraFrench recording artist; singer-songwriter (1930–1997)
- Monique ColemanAmerican actressborn 1980
- Monique Ohsan Bellepeauformer vice president of Mauritiusborn 1942
- Monique HendersonAmerican 400 meters runnerborn 1983
- Monique HennaganUS-american athletics competitorborn 1976
- Monique van de VenDutch film director and actress (born 1952)
- Moses IngramAmerican actressborn 1994
Characters named Monique: Monique Jeffries (television character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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