# Monroe

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mənˈɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #8,457

## Definitions
1. A Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
2. A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. A townland in County Meath, Ireland.
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32. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”) + Roe, a river in Northern Ireland, meaning "man from the River Roe".

## Easily confused with
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-more)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-moro)
- **Moore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-moore)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-moron)
- **monte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-monte)
- **Morse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-morse)
- **Munro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-munro)
- **morrow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-morrow)
- **Montrose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-montrose)
- **monde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monde-vs-monroe)
- **mondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mondo-vs-monroe)
- **Mongol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongol-vs-monroe)
- **McEnroe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mcenroe-vs-monroe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`mmonroe`, `mnoroe`, `monnroe`, `monore`, `monreo`, `monrroe`, `mornoe`, `omnroe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/monroe