Monique is a female given name, originally the French form of Monica. It has also been regularly used in English speaking countries since at least the 1950s.

Notable women named Monique

In acting:

• Gabrielle Monique Union, American actress
• Monique Alexander, American erotic actress
• Monique Gabrielle, American actress
• Monique Coleman, American actress
• Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson, African-American actress and comedian
• Monique Leyrac, Canadian singer and actress from Quebec
• Monique Mercure, Canadian actor

In music:

• Monique Buzzarté, an American composer, trombonist, and activist
• Monique Haas, a French pianist

In Canadian politics:

• Monique Guay, Quebec politician
• Monique Richard, former Quebec labour union leader
• Monique Smith, Canadian politician
• Monique Vézina, Canadian politician

In other fields:

• Monique, African-American porn star
• Monique Bégin, a Canadian academic
• Monique Hennagan, American athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres
• Monique Knol, a Dutch cyclist
• Monique Lhuillier, Filipino-American fashion designer
• Monique Truong, Vietnamese-American writer living in Brooklyn, New York
• Monique Vinh Thuy, the widow of Vietnamese emperor Bao Dai
• Monique Wittig, a French feminist theorist

See also

• Monica (given name)