Monroe (given name)

Monroe is a unisex given name, a transferred use of the surname.

{{Infobox name

| name = Monroe

| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|m|@|n|.|'|r|ou}}

| gender = Unisex

| language = English

| languageorigin = Scottish Gaelic

| origin = From a Scottish surname

| meaning = "From the mouth of the Roe"

| region = Scotland

| variant =

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| footnotes = {{cite web

| title = Monroe

| url = https://www.behindthename.com/name/monroe

| last = Campbell

| first = Mike

| website = behindthename.com

| publisher = Behind the Name

| access-date = 22 December 2024}}{{cite web

| title = Popular Baby Names

| url = https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.html

| access-date = 22 December 2024

| website = The United States Social Security Administration}}

}}

Men

  • Monroe Althouse (1853–1924), American composer and bandmaster
  • Monroe Baker (1821 or 1823–?), American politician, one of the first, possibly the first, African-American mayors in the United States
  • Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985), American philosopher
  • Monroe D. Donsker (1924–1991), American mathematician and a professor
  • Monroe Evans ({{fl.|1966–1969}}), first Jewish mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
  • Monroe Hayward (1840–1899), American politician and senator
  • Monroe Heath (1827–1894), American politician, mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Monroe Fein (1923–1982), US Navy lieutenant and captain of the Altalena in the 1948 Altalena Affair
  • Monroe Karmin (1929–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
  • Monroe H. Kulp (1858–1911), American politician
  • Monroe Alpheus Majors (1864–1960), American physician, writer and civil rights activist
  • Monroe G. McKay (1928–2020), United States circuit judge
  • Monroe Morton (1856–1919), African-American businessperson and postmaster
  • Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (1900–1976), American businessman, chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey
  • Monroe M. Redden (1901–1987), American politician
  • Monroe Rosenfeld (c. 1861–1918), American songwriter and journalist
  • Monroe M. Shipe (1847–1924), American real estate developer and streetcar network operator
  • Monroe Work (1866-1945), sociologist and publisher including of the Negro Yearbook

Women

Fictional characters

References