Monique

moh-NEEK

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The name Monique means “advisor, counselor.” It comes from the English language tradition.

Monique is the French form of Monica, possibly from the Latin 'monere' (to advise) or the Greek 'monos' (alone). Saint Monica was the devoted mother of Saint Augustine. The name has a chic French polish that became popular in American English during the 1970s-80s, projecting sophistication and confidence.

Wiktionary records Monique as the French form of Monica, adding that the underlying name's root is not firmly established, though Latin and Greek etymologies have both been proposed elsewhere; the advisor or counselor sense given for Monique here is one such proposal, not a settled derivation confirmed by this source.

Per Wikipedia, Monique is the French form of Monica and has seen some popularity in the United States since about 1955, while remaining more common among French speakers in Quebec than in the rest of English-speaking Canada.

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