Monique

Where Monique comes from

The dictionaries list Monique as a given name — a female given name from French equivalent to Monica — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #2,208 among girls, 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.