as a Last Name
- 11,225
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Monk
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname for someone of monkish habits or appearance, or an occupational name for a servant employed at a monastery, from Middle English munk, monk ‘monk’ (Old English munuc, munec, from Late Latin monachus, Greek monakhos ‘solitary’, a derivative of monos ‘alone’).
| 2,757th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,225
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Monk per capita
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