Monica

Latin

"advisor"

Monica Origin and Meaning

The name Monica is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "advisor".

This saintly name--she was the mother of St. Augustine--plummeted after the double whammy of Lewinsky and the demise of Friends.

Monica Rank in US Top 1000

# 728 in the US

Monica Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1182 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Monica

• 728 US 2023
• 1182 Nameberry 2025
• 975 England 2017
• 201 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Monica

• Saint Monica Algerian mother of Augustine of Hippo
• Monica Seles Serbian tennis player
• Monica Anna Maria Bellucci Italian actress
• Monica Brant former Miss Fitness Olympia
• Monica (Denise Brown) American singer
• Mónica Cruz (Sánchez) Spanish model, younger sister of actress Penelope Cruz
• Monica Enid Dickens English novelist, great,granddaughter of Charles Dickens
• (Monica) Elizabeth Jolley English,Australian novelist
• Monica C. Keena American actress
• Monica Samille Lewinsky American activist and former White House intern
• Monica Jean Rial American voice actress
• Monica Lindfors Finnish ice dancer
• Monica Potter (born Monica Gregg Brokaw), American actress
• Monica Raymund American actress
• Monica Vitti (born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli) Italian actress
• Monica Niculescu Romanian tennis player
• Mónica Puig (Marchán) Puerto Rican tennis player
• Mónica Naranjo (Carrasco) Spanish singer
• Monica Hickmann Alves Brazilian football player
• Mónica Ocampo Medina Mexican football player
• Mónica Rose Alvarado Rodriguez Mexican American football player
• Monica Horan American actress, wife of writer/producer Phil Rosenthal
• Monica Alonso Spanish rhythmic gymnast
• Monica Rose English television presenter

The name Monica in Pop Culture

• Monica Geller Bing, character on TV's "Friends"
• Sister Monica Joan character on TV's "Call the Midwife"
• Monica Gallagher character on TV's "Shameless"
• Monica Wright character in movie "Love & Basketball"
• Lady Monica Knollys character in Sheridan Le Fanu's "Uncle Silas" (1865)
• "Monica's Gang " Brazilian comic strip and main character
• Monica Raybrandt character in video game "Dark Chronicle"
• Monica Quartermaine character on soap "General Hospital"
• Monica angel on TV's "Touched by an Angel"
• Santa Monica California, USA
• Monica Rambeau character in Marvel Comics and movie “Captain Marvel”

International Variations of the name Monica

• Moniqua French
• Monike French
• Monca Irish
• Monika Scandinavian
• Mónica Spanish
• Monique French