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INDIAN NAME REFERENCE

Monika

Monica; Saint Monica

Monika means “Monica; Saint Monica”.

Origin language
Latin
First letter
M
Historical records
210,019

MEANING & CONTEXT

What does Monika mean?

Monika is an international form of the ancient name Monica. Saint Monica, the mother of Augustine of Hippo, is an enduring historical referent. The older name has no securely established literal derivation.

Pronunciation

IAST: monikā

Spellings in Indian scripts

Devanagari

मोनिका

Letter-by-letter: monikā

Conventional spelling

Gurmukhi

ਮੋਨਿਕਾ

Conventional spelling

About spelling and pronunciation

HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS

Monika in Indian usage

210,019 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.

Mostly recorded for girls (99.2%) in these historical records.

  • Recorded as female: 208,442 records (99.2%).
  • Recorded as male: 1,577 records (0.8%).

By birth decade

Monika: records by birth decade1920s: 1601920s1940s: 4901940s1950s: 8861950s1960s: 3,1761960s1970s: 22,6811970s1980s: 78,1941980s1990s: 104,2541990sOther decades: 178Other decades
Recorded birth years 1910–2001.
Birth decadeRecords
1920s160
1940s490
1950s886
1960s3,176
1970s22,681
1980s78,194
1990s104,254
Other decades178

By state or territory

State / territoryRecords
Uttar Pradesh53,977
Haryana36,631
Rajasthan34,118
Madhya Pradesh24,044
Punjab16,896
Bihar10,040
Himachal Pradesh9,633
Uttarakhand8,561
Jharkhand8,407
Chandigarh1,749
Delhi1,572
Odisha1,424
Meghalaya730
Goa639
Andhra Pradesh401
Kerala268
Maharashtra264
Manipur207
Andaman and Nicobar Islands127
Other states331
How to read these numbers

Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.

Recorded abroad

Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.

JurisdictionSpelling / recorded sexBirthsRank
England & WalesMonika / F63,705

ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.

Explore related lists

Girl namesLatin originGurmukhi script

Sources

  1. Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001

  2. England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Monika; Table_6, C4034 ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Exact spelling Monika; Table_6, C4034

  3. Behind the Name: Monica ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    Ancient name of uncertain derivation; Saint Monica is Augustine’s mother.