Monica en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- mŏn'ĭ-kə
- /ˈmo.nɪ.kɑ/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈmɑ.nɪ.kə/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɒn.ɪ.kə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- mō'nĭ-kä
Etymology
From Latin Mŏnĭca, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain meaning but probably Berber or Phoenician origin.
Meanings
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A female given name from Latin.
They named her Monica. Why the name was chosen I have never learnt; but I do not conceive that there was any reason for the choice other than the taste of her parents in the matter of sounds. It is a pleasing enough name, euphoniously considered, and beyond that — as is so commonly the case — no considerations were taken into account. To her, however, at once imaginative and of a feeble and dependent spirit, the name was fateful. St. Monica was made the special object of her devotions in her childhood, and reigned so later when she became a wife.
1913, Rafael Sabatini, The Strolling Saint, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 3:Similarly, Alcoa (AA)CEO Klaus Kleinfeld has also dropped plans to attend, but the company will participate, said spokeswoman Monica Orbe.
2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monika | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (29)
pt Mónica (female given name) · cmn 莫妮卡 (female given name) · no Monika (female given name) · de Monika (female given name) · pl Monika (female given name) · pt Mônica (female given name) · hu Mónika (female given name) · fr Monique (female given name) · sv Monika (female given name) · cs Monika (female given name) · vi Mônica (female given name) · ja モニカ (female given name) · es Mónica (female given name) · ru Мо́ника (female given name) · lv Monika (female given name) · mr मोनिका (female given name) · eo Moniko (female given name) · et Monika (female given name) · da Monica (female given name) · nl Monique (female given name) · mr मॉनिका (female given name) · ca Mònica (female given name) · id Monika (female given name) · gl Mónica (female given name) · it Monica (female given name) · fo Monika (female given name) · el Μόνικα (female given name) · scn Mònica (female given name) · lt Monika (female given name)