Monroe
[mənˈroʊ]Meaning
Scottish surname meaning "from the mouth of the Roe", a river in Northern Ireland
Background Story
Monroe comes from a Scottish surname meaning "from the mouth of the Roe", the Roe being a river in Northern Ireland. The surname is also spelled Munro. As a given name it was mostly masculine in America until around 2009, and it was already rising in popularity for girls when Mariah Carey gave it to her daughter born in 2011.
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