en Monroe (given name)

Monroe
Pronunciation	/ˈmən.ˈroʊ/
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	Scottish Gaelic
Word/name	From a Scottish surname
Meaning	"From the mouth of the Roe"
Region of origin	Scotland
Other names
Variant form(s)	Monro; Munroe; Munro;

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

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

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

References

^ Campbell, Mike. "Monroe". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ "Popular Baby Names". The United States Social Security Administration. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

[1] Campbell, Mike. "Monroe". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[2] "Popular Baby Names". The United States Social Security Administration. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[1]

[2]