Meaning and origin
Monika is a German girl name. The meaning of the name is `Advisor`.
Where is it used? The name Monika is mainly used in German and in Scandinavian.
How do they say it elsewhere? Mónica (In Spanish) Mónika (In Hungarian) Monique (In French) Monica (In English, Italian, Portuguese and in Romanian)
If it's too long people might use In Scandinavian: Mona
Extra information: Alternative meanings (Hungarian) Advisor (Scandinavian) Advisor
What Monika`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Monika: It's not too popular,sounds good.
The worst thing about the name: ?
If my name wasn`t Monika....: My mom would have named me Sabine,so I'm very happy my dad has chosen my name.
Extra information: My Name Day is on August 27th (though there's a second possible name day,May 4th,I think) .
My nickname is Moni,sometimes Monerl,
in UK it was Mon .
The best thing about the name Monika: It's not too popular,sounds good.
The worst thing about the name: ?
If my name wasn`t Monika....: My mom would have named me Sabine,so I'm very happy my dad have chosen my name.
Extra information: My Name Day is on August 27th (though there's a second possible name day,May 4th,I think) .
My nickname is Moni,sometimes Monerl,
in UK it was Mon .
The best thing about the name Monika: Not alot of people spell it like I do.
The worst thing about the name: Most people don't know how to spell it until I tell them.
If my name wasn`t Monika....: I would want it to be something that starts with a 'P'. Like Paige or something.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Monika: It's unusual without being weird, everyone around the world knows how to pronounce and spell it - with a k or c - it doesn't matter still sounds the same....
The worst thing about the name: none really....apart from a silly American girl at the white house some years ago....
If my name wasn`t Monika....:
Monika doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list. The last time Monika appeared in the top-1000 was 10 years ago, in 1998. It ranked #930 in that year. . 1980 was a `top year` for the name Monika. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #777. The last time Monika appeared among the most common names was in 1970. Our records go back to 1880
Megan Monika My grandmother used to call me 'Nupu' which means flower bud in Estonian. This was derived from 'Moon', meaning 'Poppy'. It really took her awhile to get used to my name!! I quite like itthough. It's rather pretty. :) Sarah My moms name is Monika, everybody calls her Moni or Mona, or Monaline or Monalinchen hehe Well I guess youd have to be german to pronounce it right.
Und tschuess Hab dich lieb Mama