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
- Monroe Cannon (born 2011), daughter of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
Fictional characters
- Monroe Ficus, in the American sitcom Too Close for Comfort
- Monroe, in the American television series Grimm
- Monroe, in the American animated television series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005–2007)
- Monroe, main character of William Wray's comic strip Monroe, published in Mad magazine