English

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name.
   • 2008 Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth, Knopf, ISBN 0676979343, page 94:

     Both Maya and Monika had inherited Megan's coloring, without a trace of Amit's deeply tan skin and black eyes, so that apart from their vaguely Indian names they appeared fully American.

Translations

Czech

Proper noun

Monika f

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Monica.

Danish

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name, alternative spelling of Monica

Estonian

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Monica.

Related terms

• Mona
• Moonika

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Monica, name of the mother of St. Augustine, of uncertain origin and meaning; suggestions include Ancient Greek μόνος ‎(mónos, “alone”) and Latin moneō ‎(“I advise”), but likely of Punic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnɪka/

Proper noun

Monika f

1. A female given name, compare Monica

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Monika: Monikuson
• daughter of Moniku: Monikudóttir

Declension

Related terms

• Mona

German

Alternative forms

• Monica

Etymology

From Latin Monica.

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name, very popular in Germany in the 1940s and the 1950s.

Related terms

• Mona

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From Latin Monica.

Proper noun

Monika f

1. A female given name.

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
• Population Register of Latvia: Monika was the only given name of 1639 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Monica

Etymology

From Latin Monica.

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Mona

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3173 females with the given name Monika (compared to 11 777 named Monica) living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Monika f

1. A female given name, cognate to Monica.

Declension

Slovak

Proper noun

Monika f

1. A female given name.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Monica

Etymology

From Latin Monica. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1785 as Monica.

Proper noun

Monika

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Mona

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 42 497 females with the given name Monika (compared to 29 766 named Monica) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.