Female first name (Italian, English, Portuguese): Monica, Latin (New Testament); monachus = the hermit, the monk; Monere advise = warn; known origin is not certain; is partly derived from the Latin 'monachus' 'Monk'; was understood in the Middle Ages to the Latin 'Monere' advise 'belonging, known by the St.. Monika (4th century), the mother of St. Augustine, as St.. Monica came from Carthage, could be the name also of North African or Phoenician origin
