Montserrat (given name)
Montserrat, 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.
The name is traditionally abbreviated to Montse, Serrat, Rat, Rateta, Tat or Tóna, and more recently, due to foreign influence, also to Monse.
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.
People
- Montserrat Abelló, Catalan poet
- Montserrat Artamendi, Spanish gymnast
- Montserrat Bassa, Spanish politician from Catalonia
- Monserrat Bernabeu Guitart, Catalan doctor and mother of former professional footballer Gerard Pique
- Montserrat Boix, Spanish journalist
- Montserrat Caballé, Catalan operatic soprano
- Montserrat Garriga Cabrero, Cuban-Spanish botanist
- Montserrat Carulla, Catalan actress
- Montserrat Cervera Rodon, Catalan anti-militarist, feminist, and women's health activist
- Montserrat Ginesta Clavell, Spanish illustrator and writer
- Montserrat Cortés Fernández, Spanish flamenco singer
- Montserrat Puche Díaz, Spanish team handball player and coach
- Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano
- Montserrat García, Andorran slalom canoer
- Montserrat Gibert, former mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat
- Montserrat Gil Torné, Andorran politician
- Montserrat Calleja Gómez, Spanish physicist
- Montserrat González, Paraguayan tennis player
- Montserrat Grases, Spanish candidate for beatification
- Montserrat Gudiol, Catalonian painter
- Montserrat Guillén, Spanish statistician and economist
- Marti Montserrat Guillemat, aka Serramont, Catalan musician
- Montserrat Hidalgo, Costa Rican breaststroke swimmer
- Montserrat Julió, Spanish film and television actress
- Montserrat Lombard, British actress
- Montserrat Majo, Catalan Olympic butterfly swimmer
- Montserrat Marin, Spanish handball player
- Montserrat Martí, aka Montsita, Spanish soprano
- Montserrat Martin, Spanish former archer
- Montserrat Martín, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet, Catalan feminist journalist
- Montserrat Oliver, Mexican fashion model
- Montserrat Pujol (Andorran athlete), Andorran sprinter and long jumper
- Montserrat Pujol (Spanish athlete), Spanish hurdler and runner
- Montserrat Roig, Catalan writer
- Montserrat Ruiz, Mexican female mixed martial artist
- Montserrat Sagot, Costa Rican sociologist
- Montserrat Soliva Torrentó, Catalan professor
- Montserrat Teixidor i Bigas, Catalan professor at Tufts University
- Montserrat Tomé, Spanish national football coach and former midfielder
- Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sánchez, Puerto Rican actor
- Montserrat Torrent, Catalan organist
- Montserrat Soliva Torrentó, Catalan doctor of chemistry
- Montserrat Tura, Catalan surgeon and politician
- Montserrat Vayreda, Catalan poet
- Montserrat Vilà, Catalan ecologist