Montserrat

Girl · Catalan

Montserrat

Say it: mon-seh-RAT

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Meaning

Catalan 'serrated mountain', from the mountain and Benedictine abbey near Barcelona whose Black Virgin is patroness of Catalonia.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Very common in Catalonia since the 19th century, usually shortened to Montse.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 2010s

In the United States

4,861 babies given this name since 1963
At its height in 2014, about 1 in 3,300 girls
197 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Catalan Spanish Mexican Caribbean

The family of the name

Other spellings: Montse, Monserrat

Catalan	Montserrat

Famous bearers

Montserrat Caballé, Catalan soprano
Montserrat Roig, Catalan writer

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Where this comes from

Calendars of saints and name days
National birth statistics of European countries source
National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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