Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Montse is a diminutive of Montserrat. An origin associated with Montserrat is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Catalan usage, Montse is a diminutive of Montserrat. In Catalan usage, Montse is a short form 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
Montse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,518 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,518 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Montse’s family of names
In Catalan usage, Montse is a diminutive of Montserrat. In Catalan usage, Montse is a short form of Montserrat. In German usage, Montse has a conventional equivalent in the Catalan form Montserrat.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Montse has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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.
People named Montse
- Montse ToméSpanish football managerborn 1982
- Montse RibéCatalan make-up artistborn 1972
- Montse AlvaradoMexican journalist and reporterborn 1986
- Montse WatkinsSpanish journalist (1955-2000)
- Montse CortésSpanish singerborn 1972
- Montse CruzOlympic field hockey playerborn 1979
- Montse Armengou MartínSpanish journalistborn 1963
- Montse GuallarSpanish journalist and television presenterborn 1960
- Montse Barderi Palauwriterborn 1969
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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