Monique
| Monique | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /moʊˈniːk/ moh-NEEK |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | France |
| Meaning | Advisor |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Monica, Mona |
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Monique is a female given name, the original form of Monica. It has also been regularly used in English speaking countries since at least the 1950s.
Notable women named Monique
In acting:
- Gabrielle Monique Union, American actress (Bring it On and Bad Boyz II)
- Monique, American pornographic actress
- Monique Gabrielle, American actress (Bad Girls IV and Amazon Women on the Moon)
- Monique Coleman, American actress (High School Musical)
- Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, American actress and comedian (Precious and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins)
- Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress from Quebec
- Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (b. 1930)
- Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress
In music:
- Monique Buzzarté, American composer, trombonist, and activist
- Monique Haas, French pianist
- Monique (Chinese: 林慧萍, Lin Hui-ping), singer from Taiwan (b. 1963)
- Monique Powell, American singer
In Canadian politics:
- Monique Guay, Quebec politician
- Monique Richard, former Quebec labour union leader
- Monique Smith, Canadian politician
- Monique Vézina, Canadian politician
In other fields:
- Monique Adamczak, Australian professional tennis player
- Monique Bégin, Canadian academic
- Monique Hennagan, American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres
- Monique Knol, Dutch cyclist
- Monique Lhuillier, Filipino-American fashion designer
- Monique Truong, Vietnamese-American writer living in Brooklyn, New York
- Monique Vinh Thuy, the widow of Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại
- Monique Wittig, French feminist theorist
- HRH Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, queen mother of Cambodia, wife of Norodom Sihanouk, born Paule-Monique Izzi, sometimes referred to as Queen Monique
Fictional characters
- Monique, friend of Kim Possible
- Monique Pollier, Orson Hodge's deceased mistress in Desperate Housewives
See also
- Monica (given name)
- Mount Monique, Antarctica
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