Monika

A less common spelling of Monica, used since the twentieth century.

• enPR: mŏn'ĭ-kə, IPA^(key): /ˈmɒ.nɪ.kə/
• Homophones: moniker, monicker

Monika

1. A female given name.
   • 2008 Jhumpa Lahiri, Unaccustomed Earth, Knopf, →ISBN, 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.

• Minako, Namiko, kimona

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoɲɪka]

Monika f

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

Monika

1. A female given name, alternative spelling of Monica

Monika f

1. Uncommon spelling of Monica.

Monika

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

• Mona
• Moonika

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːnɪka/

Monika f

1. A female given name, compare Monica

Patronymics

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

• Mona

• Monica

From Latin Monica.

Monika

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

• Mona

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

Monika f

1. A female given name.

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

• Monica

From Latin Monica.

Monika

1. A female given name.

• Mona

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• 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.

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈɲi.ka/

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Monika f

1. A female given name, cognate to Monica.

• Monika in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔnika/

Monika f (genitive Moniky, nominative plural Moniky) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.

• Mona
• Monča

• Monika in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

• Monica

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

Monika c (genitive Monikas)

1. A female given name.

• Mona

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.