Janice - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Janice \j(a)-ni-

is pronounced JAN-iss. Derivative of Jane with the suffix -ice from names like Candice and Bernice. Probably first coined as the name of the heroine of the novel "Janice Meredith" (1899) by Paul Leicester Ford. Singer Janis Joplin.

Janice has 19 variant forms: Janeece, Janess, Janessa, Janesse, Janessia, Janicia, Janiece, Janique, Janis, Janise, Janiss, Jannice, Jannis, Janyce, Jency, Jenice, Jeniece, Jenise and Jennice.

For more information, see also related names Branice, Jan and Jenessa.

Baby names that sound like Janice are Jeanice, Annice, Anice, Eunice, Unice and Joniece.

Janice is a very common first name for women (#66 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#40389 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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