Monserrat

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Montserrat in ES Spain, FR France, BR Brazil and 9 more and Monserrate in PE Peru, PH Philippines.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Monserrat is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name11K records spelled Monserrat10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Costa Rica, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Montserrat, Montsērrât

• Arabic given name321 records spelled Monserrat2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Egypt, Paraguay

  Also written Mònsèrràt

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 87 years between 1922–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Monserrat Ordoñezb. 1941ESWriter, literary critic, researcher, editor and Spanish translator.
• Monserrat Bruguéb. 1967PEPeruvian actor
• Monserrat Álvarezb. 1968CLChilean journalist
• Mon Laferteb. 1983CLnot in their usual nameChilean Mexican singer-songwriter
• Nina Oseguedab. 1984USnot in their usual nameMetal Vocalist
• Monserrat Torrentb. 1985CLChilean presenter
• Monserrat Alarcónb. 1994Mexican boxer
• Monserrat Sotob. 1997MXbadminton player
• Fátima Arellanob. 2001MXnot in their usual nameMexican association football player
• Montserrat Huguet SantosESnot in their usual nameSpanish researcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 486 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Monserrat?

We estimate roughly 114 thousand people bear Monserrat (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Monserrat have the most bearers?

Monserrat is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled monserrat.

How common is Monserrat compared with other names?

In Mexico, Monserrat is the 195th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Monserrat a male or female name?

Monserrat is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Monserrat mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name transferred from the place name