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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Portuguese and Spanish : from Portuguese monge, Spanish monje ‘monk’ (a loanword from Old Occitan, from Latin monachus).
  • French : from a short form of Demonge, a pet form of the personal name Dominique (see Domingo).
  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Romsdal named Monge.

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