Monika is a female name in German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian and Hungarian (Mónika) which can also be seen in India. It is a variation of Monica, stemming from the word "advisor" in Latin and "unique" in Greek. Monika is also the patron saint of women and mothers.

Notable people

Monika Bolly Monika Bolly (born 1 February 1968 in Oleśnica) is a Polish actress. Selected filmography *1990: ''Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema'' *1994: ''Zawrócony'' *1995: ''Prowokator'' *1997: ''Lata i dni'' *1998-1999: ''Życie jak poker'' *2002-2008 ...

(born 1968), Polish actress *

Monika Christodoulou Monika Christodoulou (Greek: Μόνικα Χριστοδούλου, born May 26, 1985 in Athens, Greece) also known by her stage name Monika, is a Greek singer-songwriter. She sings and plays multiple instruments including the piano, guitar, saxo ...

(born 1985), Greek singer-songwriter, known mononymously as Monika * Monika Czinano (born 2000), American basketball player *

Monika Larsen Dennis Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963) is a Swedish contemporary visual artist and sculptor, known for her public art. She has also worked in performance art, photography, and film. Early life and education Monika Larsen Dennis was born in 1963 in M ...

(born 1963), Swedish sculptor * Monika Fagerholm, Finnish author * Monika Fikerle (born 1974), Australian musician *

Monika Frimmer Monika Frimmer (born 1955) is a German soprano in opera and concert. Career Monika Frimmer studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover in Hannover. She studied further in master-classes and worked with Birgit Nilsson, Elisabeth S ...

(born 1955), German soprano in opera and concert *

Monika Griefahn Monika Griefahn (born 3 October 1954) is a German politician and one of the co-founders of Greenpeace. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Griefahn was a member of the German Parliament (1998–2009), serving as an expert on ...

(born 1954), German politician *

Monika Harms Monika Harms (born 29 September 1946 in Berlin) is a German lawyer. She has served as Attorney General of Germany from 2006-2011. Early life and education Harms was born in Berlin on September 29, 1946. After completing the Abitur in Frankfurt ...

(born 1946), German lawyer * Monika Haukanõmm (born 1972), Estonian politician * Monika Ivkic (born 1989), Bosnian-Austrian singer *

Monika Kuszyńska Monika Kuszyńska (born 14 January 1980) is a Polish singer and songwriter. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " In the Name of Love" and was previously the lead singer of the Polish pop rock band Varius Man ...

(born 1980), Polish singer *

Monika Linkytė Monika Linkytė (born 3 June 1992) is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Vaidas Baumila with the song " This Time", placing 18th. She also represented Lithuania in the Ne ...

(born 1992), Lithuanian singer *

Monika Mann Monika Mann (7 June 1910 – 17 March 1992) was a German author and feature writer. She was born in Munich, Germany, the fourth of six children of the Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and Katia, née Katharina Pringsheim. She trained as a ...

(1910–1992), German novelist * Monika Panayotova (born 1983), Bulgarian politician * Monika Pflug (born 1954), German speed skater * Monika Pyrek (born 1980), Polish pole vaulter *

Monika Rhein Monika Rhein is a physical oceanographer and Professor of Oceanography at University of Bremen. Rhein has led the authorship of over 29 peer reviewed publications, and is an author of over 100 peer reviewed publications. Rhein has broad ranging in ...

, German oceanographer *

Monika Rost Monika Rost (born 21 February 1943)Józef Powroźniak: ''Gitarren-Lexikon'' (Berlin: Verlag Neue Musik, 1986), p.180. is a classical guitarist, lute player and musicologist. She studied with Ursula Peter at the Liszt School of Music Weimar, German ...

(born 1943), German guitar and lute player *

Monika Ryniak Monika Ryniak (born 24 January 1960 in Myślenice) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 2193 votes in 13 Kraków district as a candidate from the Law and Justice Law and Justice ( pl, Prawo i Spr ...

(born 1960), Polish politician * Monika Schnarre (born 1971), Canadian model and host *

Monika Soćko Monika Soćko (née Bobrowska; born 24 March 1978) is a Polish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Grandmaster (GM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Polish women's chess championship eight times (in 1995, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013 ...

(born 1978), Polish chess player *

Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach Monika, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach; 8 August 1929 – 4 June 2015) was a German noblewoman and philanthropist. She was the second wife of Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover. A membe ...

(1929–2015), German aristocrat *

Monika Tsõganova Monika Tsõganova (born August 8, 1969 in Kohtla-Järve) is an Estonian chess Woman International Master (1991). Chess career Monika Tsõganova learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1987 she graduated from Tallinn boarding sports school. In 1 ...

(born 1969), Estonian chess player *

Monika Wagner Monika Wagner (born 28 February 1965 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany) is a German curler. She currently plays third for Andrea Schöpp, who was born eight hours before her in the same hospital. Wagner has played with Schöpp for most ...

(born 1965), German curler *

Monika Weber-Koszto Monika Weber-Koszto ( hu, Weber-Kosztó Mónika; born 7 February 1966) is a Romanian-born German fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics competing for Romania. She then won a silver in the sam ...

(born 1966), Romanian and German fencer * Monika Wejnert (born 1992), Australian tennis player * Monika Zguro (born 1971), Miss Albania 1993 *

Monika Liu Monika Liubinaitė (born 9 February 1988), known professionally as Monika Liu, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with t ...

(born 1988), Lithuanian singer

Fictional characters

* Monika Kaniyashiki, police officer in the anime ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected i ...

'' * Monika, club president in the visual novel ''

Doki Doki Literature Club! ''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' (''DDLC'') is a 2017 freeware visual novel developed by American independent game studio Team Salvato for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. The game was initially distributed through itch.io, and later became a ...

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