Fun Facts About the Name Monse
- 190 babies named Monse: U.S. records list 190 babies given the name Monse from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Monse Mean?
Monse is chiefly a clipped, familiar form of the Spanish and Catalan given name Montserrat, also spelled Monserrat and Monserrate, and it shares that name's meaning: "serrated mountain." The parent name comes from Catalan Montserrat, the name of a mountain range northwest of Barcelona, built from mont (mountain, from Latin mons) and serrat (saw-toothed, serrated, from Latin serratus), a description of the range's jagged peaks.
Because the name was given in honor of the Virgin of Montserrat, a customary religious reading of it is "dedicated to Our Lady of Montserrat." That devotional sense is an interpretation attached to the name's use, not a separate etymology. As a given name, Monse has no independent root of its own; its meaning is the meaning of Montserrat.
Monse Name History & Origins
The name traces to the Montserrat massif in Catalonia, Spain, where the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat has drawn pilgrims since the Middle Ages. Its venerated statue of the Virgin, popularly called La Moreneta ("the little dark-skinned one") for the color of the image, made Montserrat a favored girl's name in Catalan- and Spanish-speaking regions. The devotion traveled widely: in 1493 Columbus named the Caribbean island of Montserrat after the monastery, and churches and towns across Latin America took the same dedication.
Speakers then shortened the long name in everyday use, forming the affectionate Monse in the same way other Spanish names are clipped (Guadalupe to Lupe, for instance). Monse now appears as a given name in its own right in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and other Spanish-speaking countries, and among Spanish-speaking families in the United States. The parent spellings Montserrat, Monserrat, and Monserrate also occur in Catalan- and Portuguese-speaking areas.
How Popular is the Name Monse?
Monse has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #4,137 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,702 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,457 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,526 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #4,990 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #5,353 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #4,137 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #4,997 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #11,161 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #16,260 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #14,029 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #13,019 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,709 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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