Janice

Janice meaning and name origin

Janice \j(a)-ni-ce\ as a girl's name 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.

View a list of the 5 names that reference Janice.

Popularity of Janice

Janice is a very popular first name for women (#66 out of 4276) and also a very popular surname or last name for all people (#40389 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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