MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mónica mean?
Mónica is the Spanish and European Portuguese form of Monica. The Latin-recorded name of Saint Augustine’s mother probably has a North African background, but its ultimate meaning is disputed.
The accent belongs to the exact written form. Adviser and alone are later explanatory associations, not secure translations that can be imposed on every Mónica.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, equivalent to English Monica
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People with the name Mónica
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Monica Prieto-Teodoro
Filipino politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Monica Prieto-Teodoro
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mónica in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Mónica
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Monica♀Name of Saint Augustine’s mother
- Monika♀Form of Monica used in several languages
- Nonica·Regional Slovenian word reading: grandmother
- Danica♀Morning star
- Moira♀English form of Irish Máire
- Mona♀Irish noble-name form; also short for Monica
- Moning♀Familiar form of Mona or Ramona
- Monir·Munir variant: bright or shining
What rhymes with Mónica?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Mónica further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19689505 — Mónica (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Monica Prieto-Teodoro (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19689505 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mónica (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Mónica (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: mo10nica (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Wiktionary: Monica (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Monica (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.