Girl · Greek
Berenice
Say it: ber-uh-NY-see
Meaning
Macedonian form of Greek Pherenikē, from pherein 'to bring' and nikē 'victory'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Ptolemaic royal name; its form Bernice was common in the US around 1920.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 9,320 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1898, about 1 in 7,000 girls
- 61 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Greece800 BC to 146 BC
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Bernice, Berenike
| Italian | Berenice |
|---|---|
| French | Bérénice |
Famous bearers
- Berenice II of Egypt, Ptolemaic queen
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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