Berenice
Berenice is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη Pherenikē, which means "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō) 'to bear' and νίκη (nikē) 'victory'. Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The Latin variant Veronica is a direct transliteration. The name also has the form Bernice.
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Meaning & Origin of Berenice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Berenice is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη Pherenikē, which means "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō) 'to bear' and νίκη (nikē) 'victory'. Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The Latin variant Veronica is a direct transliteration. The name also has the form Bernice.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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- Italian
- Ancient Greek
- French
The Story of Berenice
The earliest SSA record of Berenice as a baby girl name dates back to 1883, when 8 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 326 newborns named Berenice — #656 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Berenice on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Berenice ranks #4,159 for baby girls with 34 births, falling sharply (-45%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Berenice
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Berenice. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Berenike
- Pherenike
Names that sound like Berenice
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- Barents
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- Brennus
- Behrends
- Barons
- Boronia
- Behrens
- Baronets
- Baronessa
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About the name Berenice
Berenice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1883 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Berenice's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #510. Use the chart and map above to compare Berenice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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