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Monica

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DaisyDream44 · 01/11/2018 13:56

What do you think of Monica for a girl? I really like how it sounds, but the meanings are leader, advisor, alone, lonely :( And I have no idea how you would shorten the name. Mon? Nica?
Any thoughts?

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DuckofDoom · 03/11/2018 11:42

How about Monana? It's Dutch. Pennsylvania Dutch

mathanxiety · 03/11/2018 06:04

Like it a lot. I considered it for DD3 but while pg the Lewinsky/Clinton thing hit the news and I reconsidered. I regret it a bit now as of course that is ancient history.

I know two Monicas, one who goes by Nik (occasionally 'knickers') and one who is Mon.

Miggeldy · 03/11/2018 05:02

No, it's very old fashioned and it's like her out of Friends.
Laughing at Monana and Pennslyvania Dutch.
catch up on Friends OP.

ReginaPhalange89 · 03/11/2018 04:47

I can't make my mind up! I think I do like it.... but I can't really think of anything other than Friends lol.

I could never use it since I have a Phoebe 😂

Quantumblue · 03/11/2018 03:49

And it is a lovely name.

Quantumblue · 03/11/2018 03:49

To paraphrase Hannah Gadsby could we stop shaming Monica Lewinsky and making her the target of jokes?

Skittlesandbeer · 03/11/2018 03:33

Oh and I nearly forgot. My own private joke in calling my dd Monica.

It was a little rebellion against all the modern angst about what to call your baby.

Moniker means ‘name’, right? So I named my baby the word name. Stick that in your pipes and smoke it, competing grandmas!!

Skittlesandbeer · 03/11/2018 03:30

I have a lovely Monica. Gets called Monnie & Nicky equally.

Straightforward, internationally pronounceable, easy to spell. She’s the only one in any classroom, so easier to label everything with just her first name.

I liked the musical connection- Har-Monica (as does she).
Also the fact that St Monica is the patron saint of parents of wayward/disappointing children [as the mother of St Augustine]. I thought that would be useful in later life!

I recommend the name, never had a moment’s regret with it.

tararabumdeay · 03/11/2018 02:45

Look up Summer With Monika by Roger McGough. A lovely name.
'I spent summer with Monika and she spent summer with me.'

It's still there on the corner of my bookcase. A beautiful reminder of first love and independence.

And, if you appreciate jokes from scouse land: 'Doctor, I keep thinking I'm mouth organ.'
'That's funny I had a girl in here the other day saying the same.'
'That'll be our Monika' Boom Tish.

I've met two Monika/Monicas and they were both amazing. NN Moni

chipsandgin · 03/11/2018 02:31

Perhaps do a little 'Friends' research OP...

(lol at Pennsylvania Dutch but given the OP clearly not a Friends fan surely a heads up is fair..)

littlemisscomper · 03/11/2018 02:14

How about Monana? It's Dutch. Pennsylvania Dutch.

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DaisyDream44 · 03/11/2018 02:10

Monana's a lovely name, but I like the "nica" part of Monica too much right now

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DaisyDream44 · 03/11/2018 02:09

So many nice comments! Thanks you guys so much! I think she'll be named Monica, and even if I don't really like the shortened form 'Mon' I still think the name itself is beautiful. And yes, it doesn't have to be shortened at all

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YourMilkshakeIsBetterThanMine · 03/11/2018 00:36

How about Monana? It's Dutch. Pennsylvania Dutch.

eachtigertires · 03/11/2018 00:29

I like it! Won’t be many babies around named that right now I wouldn’t think.

MorticiaAddamsIsMyStyleGuru · 02/11/2018 11:40

I love Monica. It's a beautiful name in my opinion. I also love it because of my cousin, Monica. She is beautiful, intelligent and caring. That's makes me love the name more.

HoraceWimple · 02/11/2018 11:32

It’s better than Monican’t.

customerservicenightmare · 02/11/2018 11:27

Jokes about it too:

Bill Clinton gave up playing the saxaphone and instead took up the whoremonica since it is a much more orally engaging instrument

Just giving OP other things to think about. I don't dislike the name per se.

customerservicenightmare · 02/11/2018 11:26

There's already a band called Whoremonica.

customerservicenightmare · 02/11/2018 11:22

'whoremonica '? Christ, that's a stretch

Yes, it quite possibly involves a bit of stretching

RedDwarves · 02/11/2018 09:17

Don't like it. Only makes me think of 1) Lewinski, and 2) Geller.

It's harsh and outdated.

AmbraS · 02/11/2018 09:11

i Like Monica

Bouncingbelle · 02/11/2018 00:57

I love it, unusual but not weird. I know one in her 30s and a toddler. The one in her 30s gets "mon" or "Moni".id like to be called Monica why did my sister get the better name

Polkasq · 01/11/2018 20:56

I like Monica.

greathat · 01/11/2018 18:58

Bing!

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