Montserrat (given name)
Montserrat (Eastern Calatan: [munsəˈrat]), or Maria Montserrat, after the Virgin of Montserrat, is a popular name for girls in Catalonia and several other parts of Catalan-speaking areas. It was the second most common given name for women in Catalonia in 2014, according to the Catalan Statistics Institute.[1]
The name is traditionally abbreviated to Montse, Serrat, Rat, Rateta, Tat or Tóna, and more recently, due to foreign influence, also to Monse.[2][3][4][5]
The name day for Montserrat is celebrated on April 27.
Sometimes this name appears in the Spanish-speaking world as a given name as is, or sometimes translated as Montserrate or Monserrate (where the final "e" is pronounced /e̞/).
People
- Montserrat Abelló (1918–2014), Catalan poet
- Montserrat Artamendi (born 1941), Spanish gymnast
- Montserrat Bassa (born 1965), Spanish politician from Catalonia
- Monserrat Bernabeu Guitart (born 1960), Catalan doctor and mother of former professional footballer Gerard Pique
- Montserrat Boix (born 1960), Spanish journalist
- Montserrat Caballé (1933–2018), Catalan operatic soprano
- Montserrat Garriga Cabrero (1865–1956), Cuban-Spanish botanist
- Montserrat Carulla (1930–2020), Catalan actress
- Montserrat Cervera Rodon (born 1949), Catalan anti-militarist, feminist, and women's health activist
- Montserrat Ginesta Clavell (born 1952), Spanish illustrator and writer
- Montserrat Cortés Fernández (born 1972), Spanish flamenco singer
- Montserrat Puche Díaz (born 1970), Spanish team handball player and coach
- Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano
- Montserrat García (born 1989), Andorran slalom canoer
- Montserrat Gibert (born 1948), former mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat
- Montserrat Gil Torné (born 1966), Andorran politician
- Montserrat Calleja Gómez (born 1973), Spanish physicist
- Montserrat González (born 1994), Paraguayan tennis player
- Montserrat Grases (1941–1959), Spanish candidate for beatification
- Montserrat Gudiol (1933–2015), Catalonian painter
- Montserrat Guillén (born 1964), Spanish statistician and economist
- Marti Montserrat Guillemat (1906–1990), aka Serramont, Catalan musician
- Montserrat Hidalgo (born 1968), Costa Rican breaststroke swimmer
- Montserrat Julió (1929–2017), Spanish film and television actress
- Montserrat Lombard (born 1982), British actress
- Montserrat Majo (born 1959), Catalan Olympic butterfly swimmer
- Montserrat Marin (born 1968), Spanish handball player
- Montserrat Martí (born 1972), aka Montsita, Spanish soprano
- Montserrat Martin (born 1966), Spanish former archer
- Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet (1942-2019), Catalan feminist journalist
- Montserrat Oliver (born 1966), Mexican fashion model
- Montserrat Pujol (Andorran athlete) (born 1979), Andorran sprinter and long jumper
- Montserrat Pujol (Spanish athlete) (born 1961), Spanish hurdler and runner
- Montserrat Roig (1946–1991), Catalan writer
- Montserrat Ruiz (born 1993), Mexican female mixed martial artist
- Montserrat Sagot, Costa Rican sociologist
- Montserrat Soliva Torrentó (1943-2019), Catalan professor
- Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas (born 1958), Catalan professor at Tufts University
- Montserrat Tomé (born 1982), Spanish national football coach and former midfielder
- Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor
- Montserrat Torrent (born 1926), Catalan organist
- Montserrat Soliva Torrentó (1943–2019), Catalan doctor of chemistry
- Montserrat Tura (born 1954), Catalan surgeon and politician
- Montserrat Vayreda (1924–2006), Catalan poet
- Montserrat Vilà (born 1964), Catalan ecologist
References
- ^ Els 100 noms més freqüents. Presentació per rànquing. Catalunya. Dones. Total població. Archived 2009-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
- ^ Ruaix, Josep. Català Complet 3. Curs superior de llengua, Editorial Claret, 1998, p. 23-26 (in Catalan)
- ^ "De Rats i Tats", Núria Puyuelo, El Punt / Avui, 2 May 2014 (in Catalan) [consulted 7 April 2015]
- ^ "Montserrat", Sílvia Soler, Ara, 29 June 2013 (in Catalan) [consulted 7 April 2015]
- ^ "Catalanot II. Noves tendències en la tradició catalana d'escurçar els noms de font", Melancholia, 21 Nov. 2010 (in Catalan) [consulted 7 April 2015]