Monique is the French form of Monica — possibly from the Greek *monos* (alone, solitary) or the African Berber name *Mūnaq*. **A top-200 US baby name from 1973 to 1996**. **Mo'Nique (born Monique Angela Hicks, 1967)** — **American comedian and actress; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire* (2009)**, the first solo Black female stand-up comedian to win an acting Oscar. **Sharp, controversial Hollywood career across multiple stand-up specials, *The Mo'Nique Show* (BET 2009-2011) — the first late-night talk show hosted by a Black woman — and her acclaimed Netflix special *My Name Is Mo'Nique* (2023)**. **Monique Coleman (born 1980)** — *High School Musical* (2006, 2007, 2008) franchise; *Dancing with the Stars* season 3 (2006). **Monique Lhuillier** — Filipino-American bridal designer. **Monique Wittig** — French radical feminist theorist and novelist. **Saint Monica of Hippo** (covered separately as Monica) — mother of Augustine. **Monique Sluyter** — Miss Universe Netherlands 1994.
Featured throughout 2000s-2020s American culture.
Monique reduces to one — the number of Precious.