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What does Janice mean?
Janice 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced JAN-iss. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Janice is "God is gracious". 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.
Variations
VARIANTS Janeece, Janess, Janessa, Janesse, Janessia, Janicia, Janiece, Janique, Janis▼, Janise, Janiss, Jannice, Jannis, Janyce, Jency, Jenice, Jeniece, Jenise, Jennice
SEE ALSO Branice, Jan, Jenessa
RELATED FORMS VIA BERNICE, CANDICE, JANE Beranice, Candace▼, Candiace, Candide, Candise, Candyce, Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janae, Janaye, Jandy, Janean, Janeane, Janee, Janeen▼, Janel▼, Janela, Janelle, Janene, Janet▼, Janeta, Janeth, Janette▼, Janey, Jania▼, Janica, Janie▼, Janina, Janine▼, Janit, Janka, Janna▼, Jannel, Janney▼, Janny, Jany, Jayne▼, Jayni, Jaynie, Jeanie▼, Jeanne▼, Jeannine▼, Jeni, Jenica, Jenie, Jensine, Joni▼, Jonie, Juanita▼, Kandice▼, Kandise, Kandyce, Kendice, Khandice, Vania, Vernice▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Janice?
Janice is a very popular first name for women (#66 out of 4276, Top 2%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#34210 out of 150436, Top 23%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Janice was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest position of #23 in the U.S. in the 1940s, and is at #1433 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Janice (#1433 VIA LATEST LIST) rated in the Top 2000 are Bernice, Candace, Candice, Candyce, Jaina, Jan, Jana (#984), Janae (#1193), Jane (#291), Janean, Janee, Janeen, Janel, Janelle (#582), Janene, Janessa (#978), Janet (#1412), Janeth, Janette, Janey, Jania, Janie (#1691), Janiece, Janina, Janine, Janis, Janise, Janna, Janney, Janyce, Jayne, Jeanie, Jeanne, Jeannine, Jenessa, Jeni, Jenica, Jenice, Jenise, Joni, Juanita, Kandice, Vania and Vernice. Adoption of these forms of Janice was more pronounced among parents 8 decades ago (AVERAGE #1155) and has become significantly less since (#1834, ▼94.8%), with forms such as Jane becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Janice▼ is alike in pronunciation to Janeese, Jeanice and Joniece. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alanice, Anice, Annice, Arnice, Chanice, Danica▼, Danice, Danie, Danise, Darice, Denice▼, Ernice, Eunice▼, Jacie▼, Jacine, Jadine, Jaicee, Jaide, Jaime▼, Jaline, Jamaica, Jamese, Jamie▼, Jamika, Janais, Jances, Janecia, Janiel, Janifer, Janika, Janisha, Janissa, Janita, Jannae, Janne, Jannie▼, Jannine, Jarica, Jaxine, Jeanine▼, Jeanique, Jenika, Jenine, Jennica, Joanie, Joice, Jonique, Jonisa, Lanice, Lanie, Laniece, Lenice, Marice, Nance, Nanice, Nanine, Narice, Ranice, Ranite, Shanice▼, Unice, Vaniece, Venice and Yanick. These names tend to be less commonly used than Janice.
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