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Comments for MONTSERRAT:
Pronounced "mon-seh-RAT" or "moon-suh-RAT". It's most common nicknames are Montse, Mont, Muntsa and Monxo.-- mar 3/15/2006
Absolutely disgusting!-- Anonymous User 8/24/2006
This name is on the Top 1000 list!? Who would name their daughter this?-- biflucky 9/1/2006
There are far worse names on the top 1000, just so you know. Nevaeh is a good example. Anyway, the answer to your question is: Many Catholic Hispanics who use this name as a tribute to Virgin Mary.-- caoilainn 6/9/2007
I don't know why everyone hates this name. It's really pretty. And there's this really lovely actress named Montserrat Lombard.-- Anonymous User 10/20/2006
There's something strangely alluring about this name. I think it has a pretty ring to it. I don't think I would give it as a first name, but I think it would be a neat middle name to have.-- Anonymous User 10/23/2006
There is a song called "Montserrat" by Orquesta Del Plata that plays in a Kahlua commercial. It's actually a pretty cool song.-- Anonymous User 10/23/2006
The art school I went to was named Montserrat. I don't like it as a personal name, however. (Maybe because it's too easy to make a typo and end up calling someone a monster rat.)-- Valis 1/30/2007
A famous opera soprano is named Montserrat Cabelle.-- walkinghome 4/15/2007
This reminds me of that mountain that erupted years ago. It seems to have a bit of a repulsive tone to it.-- Aziraphale 8/2/2007
Have any of you paused to consider that in your mostly English speaking tongues, Montserrat sounds quite different in its own language and accent. I assure you, it's a lovely name.-- O Maoileoin 11/19/2007
I always see monster rat when I see this name and I do not like it. Yeah, I'm sure people who come from other cultures will view and pronounce this name differently (I say MAHN-sur-raht, don't know if I'm right) but it think some are forgetting, people who speak English have the right to an opinion as well as they do. I'm sure some Catalan people do not like the sound of some English names but I don't see anybody implying they are xenophobic.-- Ursa_Minor 2/14/2009
This name is not pronounced 'MONSTERrat', if you look closely at the name, the 't' is before the 's'. It's pronounced 'mon-seh-rrat', with the last 't' being only pronounced slightly, almost like a d. Also the 't' after the 'n' isn't pronounced at all.-- veronica.voodoo 10/18/2009
I really like the name Montserrat. In Spanish, it's pronounced something like mon-seh-RRAHT, and it has a really beautiful and exotic ring to it. The "monster rat" connection in English is unfortunate, though, and would probably prevent me from ever using it, which is a shame because it's truly a lovely name.-- out of the sky 12/27/2009
I first heard this name on the actress Montserrat Lambard, and I immediately thought it was really unique and cool. Actually, until I looked at these comments the 'monster rat' thing hadn't even occurred to me since it isn't 'monster' in the name. Maybe it's because I immediately translated the Mont bit into 'mountain', but the spoonarisation didn't even enter my head as I separated it in to the distinct parts 'mont' and 'serrat'. Have to say that that if this is an impression common to English speakers it probably would put me off, but this is a great shame, as I think it's a genuinely lovely name that sounds nice not just in Spanish, but in any English pronunciation that doesn't completely butcher it (and I think any English speaker with even the slightest familiarity with Romantic languages could get close to the correct pronunciation by themselves.)-- sjm1789 7/2/2010
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