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Monica

Girl Latin #729 in 2023

Monica is a girl name of Latin origin.

Meaning of Monica

From Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably or - origin.

Popularity of Monica

Popularity, 1880–2023

386 births in 2023

1880 2023

250,512 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1979

6,585 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Who is like God? A rhetorical name honoring the archangel

Bitter; beloved; wished-for child

One of the twelve Apostles

From patricia; later also seen as the feminine form of the saint's name Patrick

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

In the New Testament, Saul, Apostle to the Gentiles and author of fourteen epistles

Also called John Mark, the first patriarch of Alexandria, credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Mark

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.