Monika
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning advisor; a form of Monica.
Babies a year
41
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Monika by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Monika. In the US, 41 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 257 babies in 1990, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Monika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Monicaadvisor; one who warns469 in the US (2017)
- Moirafate; destiny; share132 in the US (2017)
- Malikaqueen; royalty27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Munirailluminating or shining12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Minkawill; resolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina21 in the US (2017)
- Mihikamist; fog; dewdrop5 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Monika, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Monika
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