Monique is the French form of Monica — possibly from the Greek monos (alone, solitary) or the African Berber name Mūnaq. A top-200 US baby name from 1973 to 1996. Mo'Nique (born Monique Angela Hicks, 1967) — *American comedian and actress; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (2009), the first solo Black female stand-up comedian to win an acting Oscar. Sharp, controversial Hollywood career across multiple stand-up specials, The Mo'Nique Show (BET 2009-2011) — the first late-night talk show hosted by a Black woman — and her acclaimed Netflix special My Name Is Mo'Nique (2023). Monique Coleman (born 1980) — High School Musical (2006, 2007, 2008) franchise; Dancing with the Stars* season 3 (2006). Monique Lhuillier — Filipino-American bridal designer. Monique Wittig — French radical feminist theorist and novelist. Saint Monica of Hippo (covered separately as Monica) — mother of Augustine. Monique Sluyter — Miss Universe Netherlands 1994.
Featured throughout 2000s-2020s American culture.
Monique does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Monique reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.