Monique

Where Monique comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Monique.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Monique through the years
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #2,208 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Monique Wittig born
    French writer
  3. 1980
    Peak, #93
    3,163 babies named Monique, the most in any year.
  4. 1982
    Monique Alexander born
    American pornographic actress
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #196.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French equivalent to Monica.
Namesakes
  • Monique Wittig · French writer, 1935–2003
  • Monique Alexander · American pornographic actress, born 1982
  • Monique Coleman · American actress, born 1980
  • Monique Ohsan Bellepeau · former vice president of Mauritius, born 1942
  • Monique Henderson · American 400 meters runner, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.