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I’ve only heard it on girls. It doesn’t appeal to me because I can only see “monster rat”.

I prefer it on a girl, in which case it's uniquely Iberianly glamorous & romantic. For a boy, I prefer Montague, Montgomery, and Orestes.

This message was edited 8/17/2022, 12:35 PM

Odd to see it on a man, since it’s so Marian. Every Catalan woman I’ve come across seems to be named this. I once went to a picture frame shop ran by two Catalan women both named Montserrat!

I think it is a cool and unique name. It's a pretty common Latina name for girls, so I do prefer it on a girl. Montserrat is pretty interesting on a boy too, I can see it be used on a boy though.

I went to school with a girl named Montserrat and she pretty much went my Montsy exclusively. I'm not sure how I feel about it for either gender.

I didn't realize Montserrat had male usage! I've encountered it once or twice, but always as a feminine name - including the spelling Monserrat once, without the first T. I'm more partial to that spelling because sometimes, looking at Montserrat, I misread it as "Monster Rat." :-(

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But the name sounds quite striking, imo. Living near a large Hispanic / Latino community has let me hear a lot of the "less popular" Spanish and Indigenous names, and some of them are really cool.

Don't think I could get behind a map designation as a name. I've yet to see a location as name I like much.

I really like it!... on a girl. It's unique because it's the only name that I know that contains the meaning "mountain" within. Love its meaning too.

I've run across it a couple of times, always on Hispanic females. I think it's attractive but hard for an English-speaker to say the way it probably deserves to be said.

I had a house Spanish (female) friend named Montserrat, she went by Montsé. When I first met she had to say her name four times until I relised she wasn't actually named Monster.

This message was edited 8/16/2022, 10:44 AM

Sounds like Monster.

Like flossie, I just hear Nessun Dorma and see a large lady and a very thin man making wonderful music. I wonder if his parents decided against Freddy!

I think of it as exclusively feminine because of Montserrat Caballé, but I can easily see how someone could end up using it on a boy. It’s pretty cool either way.