Monique - Meaning of Monique
What does Monique mean?
[ 2 syll. mo-ni-que, mon-iq-ue ] The baby girl name Monique is pronounced as MowNIY-K †. Monique is used chiefly in French and its origin is Old Greek.
Monique is a variant of the name Monica (English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) in the French language.
Monique has 15 variants. Variants include Moeneek, Moneake, Moneaqua, Moneaque, Moneeke, Moneequa, Moneeque, Moneke, Monica (used in Italian and Spanish too), Moniek, Moniqua, and Munique. Another English variant is the pet form Monnie. The contracted form Moni (German), and the pet form Mique (French) are foreign variants.
Variant forms share both the origin and meaning of Monique.
See also the related categories, greek and french.
Monique is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1980, 0.178% of baby girls were named Monique. Its ranking then was #93. The baby name has since experienced a marked loss in popularity, and is today of very modest use. Within the group of girl names directly related to Monique, Monica was the most frequently used in 2018.
Baby names that sound like Monique include Moniek, Maaja, Maasai, Maca, Macee, Macey, Macha, Machey, Machi, Machie, Machy, Maci, Macie, Mackey, Mackie, Macy, Maecee, Maecey, Maeci, and Maecie.
† English pronunciation for Monique: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"
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