Monica
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) enPR: mŏn'ĭ-kə IPA(key): /ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/
- Homophones: moniker, monicker
Proper noun
editMonica
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1913, Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 3:
- They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.
Translations
editfemale given name
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Anagrams
editDanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProper noun
editMonica
- a female given name
Related terms
editReferences
edit- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 2487 females with the given name Monica (compared to 1338 named Monika) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Monica, probably from Punic, though Latin and Ancient Greek etymologies have also been proposed.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMonica f
- a female given name
Related terms
editGerman
editProper noun
editMonica f (proper noun, genitive Monica)
- a female given name, a less common variant of Monika
Italian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMonica f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Monica
Anagrams
editNorwegian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Monica. Taken to regular use in the 20th century.
Proper noun
editMonica
- a female given name
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 777 females with the given name Monica (compared to 3173 named Monika) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Romanian
editProper noun
editMonica f (genitive/dative Monicăi)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Monica
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editMonica c (genitive Monicas)
- a female given name, a less common spelling of Monika
References
editTagalog
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmonika/ [ˌmoː.n̪ɪˈxa]
- Rhymes: -onika
- Syllabification: Mo‧ni‧ca
Proper noun
editMónicá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈᜒᜃ)
- a female given name from Spanish
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