Monroe is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Monroe thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Monroe is a unisex name that derived from a Scottish surname. Until 2009, it was mostly a name for boys, but was often given to girls when singer Mariah Carey gave the name to her daughter in 2011.
Monroe means “from the mouth of the Roe” or “from the mouth of the Roe river” (from Gaelic “bun” = mouth + “Roe” = a river in Northern Ireland).
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