Montserrat

Where Montserrat comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Montserrat.

Montserrat through the years
  1. 1933
    Montserrat Caballé born
    Spanish operatic soprano
  2. 1942
    Montserrat Figueras born
    Catalan soprano singer
  3. 1963
    First appearance
    #6,592 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2014
    Peak, #572
    534 babies named Montserrat, the most in any year.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,046.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Montserrat Caballé · Spanish operatic soprano, 1933–2018
  • Montserrat Figueras · Catalan soprano singer, 1942–2011
  • Montserrat Roig · Spanish journalist and writer, 1946–1991
  • Montserrat Carulla · Spanish actress, 1930–2020
  • Montserrat González · Paraguayan tennis player, born 1994

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.