Monique

Monique
Pronunciation	/moʊˈniːk/ moh-NEEK
Gender	Female
Language(s)	French
Origin
Meaning	Advisor
Region of origin	France
Other names
Related names	Monica; Monika; Moonika; Mona;

Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used by French speakers in Quebec and is rare in the English parts of Canada.

Notable people named Monique

Acting

Monique Chaumette (born 1927), French actress
Monique Coleman (born 1980), American actress, singer, and dancer
Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American actress
Monique Gabrielle (born 1963), American actress
Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), American actress and comedian
Monique Leyrac (1928-2019), Canadian singer and actress
Monique Mélinand (1916–2012), French actress
Monique Mercure (1930–2020), Canadian actress
Monique Mojica, Canadian playwright, director, and actor
Monique Noel (born 1967), American glamour model and actress
Monique van de Ven (born 1952), Dutch actress and film director
Monique Heart (born 1986), the stage name of American drag queen Kevin Richardson
Monique Williams, actress in Australian television series The Sleepover Club

Music

Monique Brumby (born 1974), Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Monique Buzzarté (born 1960), American composer, trombonist, and activist
Monique Haas (1909–1987), French pianist
Monique Melsen (born 1951), Luxembourgian singer
Monique Powell, singer for American ska band Save Ferris
Monique Rhodes, New Zealand singer, songwriter, and producer

Politics

Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga (1942–2021), French politician
Monique D. Davis (born 1936), American politician
Monique Guay (born 1959), Quebec politician
Monique Iborra (born 1945), French politician
Monique Koeyers-Felida (1967–2016), Curaçaoan politician
Monique Holsey-Hyman, American politician
Monique Landry (born 1937), Canadian politician
Monique Limon (born 1953), French politician
Monique Limón (born 1979), American politician
Monique Orphé (born 1964), French politician
Monique Papon (1934–2018), French politician
Monique Pauzé, Quebec politician
Monique Richard (born 1947), Quebec politician
Monique Smith (Canadian politician) (born c. 1965), Ontario politician
Monique Vézina (born 1935), Canadian politician
Monique de Vries (born 1947), Dutch politician
Monique Wilson (politician), Saban politician

Sports

Monique Adamczak (born 1983), Australian professional tennis player
Monique Angermüller (born 1984), German speed skater
Monique de Bruin (born 1965), Dutch cyclist
Monique de Bruin (born 1977), American fencer
Monique Burkland (born 1989), American Paralympic volleyball player
Monique Cabral (born 1986), Trinidadian sprinter
Monique Conti (born 1999), Australian basketball player
Monique Drost (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
Monique van de Elzen (born 1976), New Zealand footballer
Monique Éwanjé-Épée (born 1967), French track and field athlete
Monique Ferreira (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (born 1968), German speed skater
Monique Gladding (born 1981), British diver
Monique Hennagan (born 1976), American track and field athlete
Monique Hirovanaa (born 1966), New Zealand rugby player
Monique Hoogland (born 1967), Dutch badminton player
Monique Iannella (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
Monique Jansen (born 1978), Dutch discus thrower
Monique Kauffmann (born 1963), Dutch road cyclist and speed skater
Monique Knol (born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist
Monique Leroux (1938–1985), French fencer
Monique Merrill (born 1969), American ski mountaineer and mountain biker
Monique Murphy (born 1994), Australian swimmer
Monique Olivier (born 1998), Luxembourgian swimmer
Monique Riekewald (born 1979), German skeleton racer
Monique Williams (born 1985), New Zealand sprinter
Monique de Wilt (born 1976), Dutch pole vaulter

Other fields

Monique Alexander (born 1982), American pornographic actress
Monique Bégin (born 1936), Canadian academic and former politician
Monique de Bissy (1923–2009), French-Belgian World War II resistance member
Monique Boekaerts (born 1946), Belgian educationalist
Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014), Canadian artist
Monique Ganderton (born 1980), Canadian stuntwoman
Monique Lhuillier (born 1971), Filipino-American fashion designer
Monique Péan (born c. 1981), American fine jewelry designer
Monique Pinçon-Charlot (born 1946), French sociologist
Monique Régimbald-Zeiber (born 1947), Canadian painter
Monique de Roux (born 1946), French painter and engraver
Monique Schwitter (born 1972), Swiss writer and actress
Monique Sené, French nuclear physicist
Monique Truong (born 1968), Vietnamese-American writer
Monique Vinh Thuy (1946–2021), widow of Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại
Monique Wadsted (born 1957), Swedish lawyer
Monique Wittig (1935–2003), French writer and feminist theorist
Monique Wright (born 1973), Australian journalist and television personality
Norodom Monineath (born 1936), queen mother of Cambodia, sometimes referred to as Queen Monique

Fictional characters

Monique, friend of Kim Possible
Monique, a cat villager from the video game series Animal Crossing
Monique Jeffries, character in American crime drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Monique Pollier, Orson Hodge's deceased mistress in Desperate Housewives