Meaning of the nameMônica
- Female
- Mô-ni-ca
Mônica is the Brazilian form of Monica, a female name of disputed origin: one source links it to Greek mónos, 'only one', and another considers it Berber or Phoenician.
Meaning
The meaning of Mônica is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 190,977
- Rank in Brazil
- #172
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 203,930
- people
Mônica in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Mônica, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (55,790 people).
190,313 women 664 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Mônica is most common
States with the highest share of people named Mônica in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.198%
- Sergipe 0.131%
- Pernambuco 0.119%
- Distrito Federal 0.108%
- Espírito Santo 0.103%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 45,395 | 0.102% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 31,819 | 0.198% |
| Minas Gerais | 18,969 | 0.092% |
| Bahia | 12,930 | 0.091% |
| Pernambuco | 10,792 | 0.119% |
| Paraná | 8,090 | 0.071% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 7,907 | 0.073% |
| Santa Catarina | 5,614 | 0.074% |
| Ceará | 5,505 | 0.063% |
| Goiás | 5,456 | 0.077% |
| Pará | 4,985 | 0.061% |
| Espírito Santo | 3,930 | 0.103% |
| Paraíba | 3,638 | 0.092% |
| Maranhão | 3,249 | 0.048% |
| Alagoas | 3,097 | 0.099% |
| Distrito Federal | 3,048 | 0.108% |
| Sergipe | 2,884 | 0.131% |
| Amazonas | 2,779 | 0.071% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 2,316 | 0.070% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,186 | 0.060% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,621 | 0.059% |
| Piauí | 1,582 | 0.048% |
| Rondônia | 1,078 | 0.068% |
| Tocantins | 873 | 0.058% |
| Amapá | 472 | 0.064% |
| Roraima | 386 | 0.061% |
| Acre | 376 | 0.045% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Mônica
Mônica is the Brazilian spelling of Monica; Wiktionary records Mónica as the form used in Portugal. Sources disagree about the origin: Behind the Name considers the meaning unknown, probably Berber or Phoenician, and treats the connections with the Latin verb moneo, 'to advise', and with Greek monos, 'only one', as associations made since the Middle Ages. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), derives the name from the feminine of Late Greek Mónikos, from mónos, 'only one'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 190,977 people named Mônica, with a median age of 41.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Monica · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mônica · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Mônica · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Mônica
What does the name Mônica mean?
The meaning of Mônica is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Mônica in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 190,977 people with the first name Mônica, which ranks it number 172 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Mônica a boy's or a girl's name?
Mônica is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 190,313 women and 664 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Mônica most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.198% of the state's population is named Mônica (31,819 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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