What does Bernice mean?
Bernice /ber-nice/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ber-NEECE. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Bernice is "victory bringer".
Short form of Berenice and from the same root as Veronica. A biblical name that first occurred in Britain in the 16th century. Binnie is the pet form.
Variations
Bernice▼ has 38 variants: Barri, Barrie, Barry, Benni, Beranice, Beraniece, Beranyce, Berenice▼, Bereniece, Berenyce, Bernee, Berneece, Berneice▼, Bernelle, Bernetta, Bernette, Berni, Bernicia, Bernie, Berniece▼, Bernisha, Berniss, Bernita, Berny, Bernyce, Berri, Berrie, Berry, Binnie, Bunni, Bunnie, Bunny, Nixie, Vernice▼, Veronica▼, Veronika, Veronike and Veronique.
Related girl names: Bertrice and Janice.
Bernice▼ has 37 more alternative forms via Berenice, Binnie, Veronica: Bennie▼, Benny, Benoite, Berenis, Berenisa, Berenise, Bernessa, Bernise, Binny, Rana, Ranna, Roni, Ronica, Ronika, Ronna, Ronnee, Ronni, Ronnica, Ronnie▼, Ronny, Veera, Veira, Vera▲, Veranica, Veranique, Verinique, Vernicka, Vernika, Verohnica, Verohnicca, Verona▼, Veronice, Veronicka, Veroniqua, Veronka, Veronqua and Vonnie.
Kreatif forms: Bernide, Brynice, Burnice. [more]How popular is Bernice?
Bernice is a very popular first name for women (#172 out of 4276, Top 4%) and a slightly less popular surname for both adults and children (#108734 out of 150436, Top 72%). (2000 U.S. Census)
Presented below is the baby name popularity of Bernice for girls. Bernice reached its top rank of #42 in the U.S. in the 1910s, but is not listed at the moment. (2014 Birth Statistics)
Prominent related forms of Bernice ranked in the Top 1000 are Bennie, Berenice, Berneice, Berniece, Bernita, Janice, Roni, Ronna, Ronnie, Vera (#367 a year ago), Vernice, Verona, Veronica (#375) and Vonnie. Variants like Ronnica are seldom used. These girl names were at the top of their popularity during the years 1910-1919 (usage of 0.4004%) and are now significantly less widespread (usage 0.0839%, down 79.1%), with versions such as Janice, Ronnie, Vernice, Verona and Veronica becoming somewhat dated. Vera (#367) is the most trendy baby name here, with this name going through a revival in popularity. Below is a graphed comparison of the popularity of Bernice and affiliated names. (2014 Birth Statistics)
Similar Names
A recommended similar baby name is Branice. This name tends to be less frequently used than Bernice.