Entry № 6990 · Catalan origin

Montserrat Montserrat — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mont-suh-RAT /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Catalan
Meaning
"Jagged mountain (Montserrat Caballé soprano)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Catalan)

A name that means "jagged mountain (montserrat caballé soprano)".

Montserrat is from the Catalan Mont serrat (jagged mountain) — referring to the iconic Catalan mountain near Barcelona. Montserrat Roig (1946-1991) — Catalan novelist. Montserrat, Caribbean — British Overseas Territory.

Jagged mountain (Montserrat Caballé soprano) — a Catalan name.

The name in its native script.

Montserrat
Transliteration
Montserrat
Pronunciation
/ ˌmɒnt.səˈrɑːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Montserrat stands.

Montserrat does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Montserrats before her.

Real people
Montserrat Caballé
Spanish operatic soprano.
1933 – 2018
Montserrat Figueras
Catalan early-music soprano.
1942 – 2011
In fiction
Montserrat
Catalan abbey + Black Madonna.
1025

Names connected to Montserrat.

The number behind Montserrat.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Montserrat reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.