Monice
Monika Ivkic, also known as Monice, is a Bosnian-born Austrian pop singer best known for achieving fourth place in the fifth season of the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). She released her first album I'm Gonna Make It in 2009. After the end of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, she had a specially published book released that was sold in Germany and Austria.
Meaning & Origin of Monice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Monika Ivkic, also known as Monice, is a Bosnian-born Austrian pop singer best known for achieving fourth place in the fifth season of the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). She released her first album I'm Gonna Make It in 2009. After the end of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, she had a specially published book released that was sold in Germany and Austria.
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The Story of Monice
The earliest SSA record of Monice as a baby girl name dates back to 1919, when 5 babies received it. 1967 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Monice — #3,845 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Monice on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Monice last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 213 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Monice
Monice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 213 births in the dataset. Monice's peak popularity came in 1967 when it ranked #3,845. Use the chart and map above to compare Monice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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