Montserrat (given name)
Montserrat (Catalan pronunciation: [munsəˈrat], Catalan pronunciation: [monseˈrat], or Maria Montserrat, after the Virgin of Montserrat, is a popular name for girls in Catalonia and several other parts of Catalan-speaking areas. Indeed, 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 Serrat, Rat, Rateta, Tat or Tóna, and more recently, due to foreign influence, also to Monse.[2][3][4][5]
April 27th is the Montserrat name day, traditionally celebrated in Catalan-speaking areas as a birthday would be in the Anglo-Saxon world.
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, Catalan poet
- Montserrat Caballé, Catalan operatic soprano
- Montserrat Carulla, Catalan actress
- Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano
- Montserrat García Riberaygua, Andorran slalom canoer
- Montserrat Gibert, former mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat
- Montserrat Gil Torné, Andorran politician
- Montserrat González, Paraguayan tennis player
- Montserrat Grases, Spanish candidate for beatification
- Montserrat Hidalgo, Costa Rican breaststroke swimmer
- Montserrat Lombard, British actress
- Montserrat Majó, Catalan olympic swimmer
- Montserrat Oliver, Mexican fashion model
- Montserrat Puche Díaz, Spanish handball player
- Montserrat Pujol Joval, Andorran sprinter and long jumper
- Montserrat Roig, Catalan writer
- Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas, Catalan professor at Tufts University
- Montserrat Tomé, Spanish football midfielder
- Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor
- Montserrat Torrent, Catalan organist
- Montserrat Tura, Catalan surgeon and politician
- Montserrat Vayreda, Catalan poet
References
- ^ Els 100 noms més freqüents. Presentació per rànquing. Catalunya. Dones. Total població. (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]
See also
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