Monique Explained
| Monique |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | Advisor |
Monique is a female given name. It is the French form of the name Monica. The name has enjoyed some popularity in the United States since about 1955, and is less common in other English-speaking countries except for Canada although mostly used by French speakers in Quebec and is rare in the English parts of Canada.
Notable people named Monique
Acting
- Monique Chaumette (born 1927), French actress
- Monique Coleman (born 1980), American actress, singer, and dancer
- Monique Gabriela Curnen (born 1970), American actress
- Monique Gabrielle (born 1963), American actress
- Mo'Nique Hicks (born 1967), American actress and comedian
- Monique Leyrac (1928-2019), Canadian singer and actress
- Monique Mélinand (1916–2012), French actress
- Monique Mercure (1930–2020), Canadian actress
- Monique Mojica, Canadian playwright, director, and actor
- Monique Noel (born 1967), American glamour model and actress
- Monique van de Ven (born 1952), Dutch actress and film director
- Monique Heart (born 1986), the stage name of American drag queen Kevin Richardson
- Monique Williams, actress in Australian television series The Sleepover Club
Music
- Monique Brumby (born 1974), Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- Monique Buzzarté (born 1960), American composer, trombonist, and activist
- Monique Haas (1909–1987), French pianist
- Monique Melsen (born 1951), Luxembourgian singer
- Monique Powell, singer for American ska band Save Ferris
- Monique Rhodes, New Zealand singer, songwriter, and producer
- Tamia Monique Carter, given name of rapper Flo Milli
Politics
- Monique Cerisier-ben Guiga (1942–2021), French politician
- Monique D. Davis (born 1936), American politician
- Monique Guay (born 1959), Quebec politician
- Monique Iborra (born 1945), French politician
- Monique Koeyers-Felida (1967–2016), Curaçaoan politician
- Monique Holsey-Hyman, American politician
- Monique Landry (born 1937), Canadian politician
- Monique Limon (born 1953), French politician
- Monique Limón (born 1979), American politician
- Monique Orphé (born 1964), French politician
- Monique Papon (1934–2018), French politician
- Monique Pauzé, Quebec politician
- Monique Priestley, Vermont politician
- Monique Richard (born 1947), Quebec politician
- Monique Smith (Canadian politician) (born 1965), Ontario politician
- Monique Vézina (born 1935), Canadian politician
- Monique de Vries (born 1947), Dutch politician
- Monique Wilson (politician), Saban politician
Sports
- Monique Adamczak (born 1983), Australian professional tennis player
- Monique Angermüller (born 1984), German speed skater
- Monique de Bruin (born 1965), Dutch cyclist
- Monique de Bruin (born 1977), American fencer
- Monique Burkland (born 1989), American Paralympic volleyball player
- Monique Cabral (born 1986), Trinidadian sprinter
- Monique Conti (born 1999), Australian basketball player
- Monique Drost (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
- Monique van de Elzen (born 1976), New Zealand footballer
- Monique Éwanjé-Épée (born 1967), French track and field athlete
- Monique Ferreira (born 1980), Brazilian freestyle swimmer
- Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt (born 1968), German speed skater
- Monique Gladding (born 1981), British diver
- Monique Hennagan (born 1976), American track and field athlete
- Monique Hirovanaa (born 1966), New Zealand rugby player
- Monique Hoogland (born 1967), Dutch badminton player
- Monique Iannella (born 1996), Australian professional footballer
- Monique Jansen (born 1978), Dutch discus thrower
- Monique Jenkinson (born 1971) also known as Fauxnique, is an American artist, choreographer, drag performer and author.
- Monique Kauffmann (born 1963), Dutch road cyclist and speed skater
- Monique Knol (born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist
- Monique Leroux (1938–1985), French fencer
- Monique Merrill (born 1969), American ski mountaineer and mountain biker
- Monique Murphy (born 1994), Australian swimmer
- Monique Olivier (born 1998), Luxembourgian swimmer
- Monique Proulx (1947–2012), Canadian racing driver
- Monique Riekewald (born 1979), German skeleton racer
- Monique Williams (born 1985), New Zealand sprinter
- Monique de Wilt (born 1976), Dutch pole vaulter
Other fields
- Monique Alexander (born 1982), American pornographic actress
- Monique Bégin (1936–2023), Canadian academic and former politician
- Monique de Bissy (1923–2009), French-Belgian World War II resistance member
- Monique Boekaerts (born 1946), Belgian educationalist
- Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014), Canadian artist
- Monique Ganderton (born 1980), Canadian stuntwoman
- Monique Lhuillier (born 1971), Filipino-American fashion designer
- Monique Péan (born c. 1981), American fine jewelry designer
- Monique Pinçon-Charlot (born 1946), French sociologist
- Monique Proulx (born 1952), Canadian author and screenwriter
- Monique Régimbald-Zeiber (born 1947), Canadian painter
- Monique de Roux (born 1946), French painter and engraver
- Monique Schwitter (born 1972), Swiss writer and actress
- Monique Sené, French nuclear physicist
- Monique Truong (born 1968), Vietnamese-American writer
- Monique Vinh Thuy (1946–2021), widow of Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại
- Monique Wadsted (born 1957), Swedish lawyer
- Monique Wittig (1935–2003), French writer and feminist theorist
- Monique Wright (born 1973), Australian journalist and television personality
- Norodom Monineath (born 1936), queen mother of Cambodia, sometimes referred to as Queen Monique
Fictional characters
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