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 Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...

, 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 (born 1968), Polish actress * Monika Christodoulou (born 1985), Greek singer-songwriter, known mononymously as Monika *

Monika Czinano Monika Czinano (; ; born January 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player. She plays the power forward and center positions. Czinano, who hails from Watertown, Minnesota, joined the Hawkeye women’s basketball program in 2018. A ...

(born 2000), American basketball player * Monika Larsen Dennis (born 1963), Swedish sculptor *

Monika Fagerholm Monika Kristina Fagerholm (born 26 February 1961 in Helsinki) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author living in Ekenäs, Finland. She is the daughter of professor Nils-Erik Fagerholm and library amanuensis Kristina Herrgård. Fagerholm has studied ...

, Finnish author *

Monika Fikerle Monika Fikerle is an Australian musician and multi-instrumentalist, most noted for her "energetic, quirky" drumming style. Fikerle began her music career in Hobart in 1995, becoming Sea Scouts' drummer after having taken up the drums 'about a w ...

(born 1974), Australian musician * Monika Frimmer (born 1955), German soprano in opera and concert * Monika Griefahn (born 1954), German politician * Monika Harms (born 1946), German lawyer *

Monika Haukanõmm Monika Haukanõmm (née Sarapuu; born 22 May 1972) is an Estonian social worker and politician who has been representing the Estonian Free Party in the Riigikogu since 2015. Education Haukanõmm graduated from the University of Tartu with a ...

(born 1972), Estonian politician *

Monika Ivkic Monika Ivkic (born 6 June 1989), also known as Monice, is an Austrian pop singer best known for achieving fourth place in the fifth season of the German casting show ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar'' (''DSDS''). She released her first album ...

(born 1989), Bosnian-Austrian singer * Monika Kuszyńska (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 N ...

(born 1992), Lithuanian singer * Monika Mann (1910–1992), German novelist *

Monika Panayotova Monika Panayotova ( bg, Моника Панайотова) is a Doctor of Political Science, with interests in the field of the EU security and defence policy. Bulgarian politician – Monika Panayotova has been appointed as Deputy Minister for t ...

(born 1983), Bulgarian politician *

Monika Pflug Monika Pflug (born 1 March 1954), also known as Monika Holzner-Pflug and Monika Gawenus-Pflug, is a former speed skater from Germany. She was born in Munich and competed for West Germany. Pflug's talent for speed skating was discovered in 1968 ...

(born 1954), German speed skater *

Monika Pyrek Monika Zofia Pyrek-Rokita (born 11 August 1980) is a retired Polish pole vaulter. Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika ...

(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 i ...

, German oceanographer * Monika Rost (born 1943), German guitar and lute player * Monika Ryniak (born 1960), Polish politician *

Monika Schnarre Monika Schnarre (born May 27, 1971) is a Canadian model, actress and television host. She is reportedly 185.4 cm (6′1″) tall. In 1986, at age 14, Schnarre won the Ford Models "Supermodel of the World" contest, becoming the youngest mo ...

(born 1971), Canadian model and host * Monika Soćko (born 1978), Polish chess player * Countess Monika zu Solms-Laubach (1929–2015), German aristocrat * Monika Tsõganova (born 1969), Estonian chess player * Monika Wagner (born 1965), German curler * Monika Weber-Koszto (born 1966), Romanian and German fencer * Monika Wejnert (born 1992), Australian tennis player *

Monika Zguro Monika Zguro (born February 8, 1971) is an Albanian model who won the title of Miss Albania in 1993 and Miss Europe in 1995, where she finished third. References 1971 births Living people Albanian female models Albanian showgirls Alb ...

(born 1971), Miss Albania 1993 * Monika Liu (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 av ...

References

Notable people

Fictional characters

See also

References