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What does Bernice mean?
Bernice 
▼ 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.
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, victory, biblical, britain (england), 16th century
Variations
VARIANTS Barri, Barrie, Barry, Benni, Beranice, Beraniece, Beranyce, Berenice▼, Bereniece, Berenyce, Berneece, Bernelle, Bernetta, Bernette, Bernee, Berneice▼, Berni, Bernicia, Bernie, Berniece▼, Bernisha, Berniss, Bernita, Berny, Bernyce, Berri, Berrie, Berry, Binnie, Bunni, Bunnie, Bunny, Nixie, Vernice▼, Veronica▼, Veronika, Veronike, Veronique
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA BERENICE, BINNIE, VERONICA Bennie▼, Benoite, Berenis, Berenisa, Berenise, Bernise, Veranica, Vernicka, Vernika, Veronice
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Bernice Zamira (B.Z.), ..
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)
Bernice reached its top rank of #42 in the U.S. in the 1910s, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Bernice ranked in the Top 2000 are Barrie, Bennie, Berenice, Berneice, Bernetta, Bernie, Berniece, Bernita, Bernyce, Bunny, Janice (#1433 VIA LATEST LIST), Vernice, Veronica (#357) and Veronika. Other variants, like Benoite, are seldom used. These forms of Bernice were popular 8 decades ago (USAGE OF 1.06%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 0.06%, DOWN 94.2%).
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Alanice, Annice, Arnice, Artice, Arzice, Barbie, Beatie, Beatrice▼, Beckie, Beige, Bendite, Benita▼, Bente, Berdie, Berdine, Beril, Berit, Berna, Bernadea (see Bernadette), Bernadet (see Bernadette), Bernadine▼, Berneen (see Bernadine), Berneta, Bernina, Berrit, Berrte (see Bertha), Bertie▼, Bertilde, Bertina, Bertine, Bertita (see Bertha), Beryle, Bessie▼, Bettine, Bevie, Beyonce▼, Birdie▼, Birdine, Bonie, Bonnie▼, Branice, Bride, Brie, Cerice, Chanice, Danice, Delice, Denice▼, Ernice, Eunice▼, Felice, Glenice, Glennice, Glynice, Jeanice, Jenice, Jeniece, Jennice, Lanice, Lenice, Lennice, Letice, Letrice, Lettice, Marice, Mertice, Myrtice▼, Nanice, Narice, Nerice, Sherice, Venice, Vennice, Vernie▼ and Vernise. These names tend to be less frequently used than Bernice.
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