Given name & surname
Monse
Monse is a feminine given name from Catalan. It is used in Spanish and Asturian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Monse is a short form of Montserrat. An origin associated with Montserrat is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Asturian usage, Monse is a diminutive of Montserrat.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 190
- 0 boys · 190 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,702 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,702 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 643 as a first name in 2020; 183 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.
Monse’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Monse is a diminutive of Montserrat. In Spanish usage, Monse was borrowed from the Catalan form Montse. Monse is a short form of Montserrat.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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