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Monique Is Not in the Bible — Its Meaning Is Unknown

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Summary

  • Monique is not in the Bible and has no Hebrew origin. It is the French form of Monica, whose meaning is unknown; it was most likely Berber or Phoenician.
  • The links to Latin moneo (“to advise”) and Greek monos (“one”) date from the Middle Ages and do not explain the name’s origin.
  • Saint Monica, from Thagaste in North Africa, prayed for years for her son Augustine. A bishop told her, “It is not possible that the son of these tears should perish.”
  • Augustine turned to Christ in Milan in 386 after reading Romans 13:13-14, and went straight to tell his mother.
  • She died at Ostia in 387, saying, “Nothing is far to God.” Her feast is 27 August.

Monique is not in the Bible. It is the French form of Monica, a name whose meaning is unknown and which was probably Berber or Phoenician in origin. Christians know it through Saint Monica, the fourth-century North African mother of Augustine of Hippo. What does Monique mean? No one knows. Monique is the French form of Monica, and Monica’s origin is obscure. It was most likely a Berber or Phoenician name, and Saint Monica came from Roman North Africa, where…

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Sources: Behind the Name entries for Monique and Monica; Augustine, Confessions, books III.11-12, V.8, VIII.12 and IX.9-11, translated by J. G. Pilkington (New Advent); Scripture quotation from the NIV via BibleGateway (Romans 13:13-14).

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