Bernice name - Meaning of Bernice
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 11
- Usage
- English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Greek
- Pronounced
- bər-NEES (English)
- Bernice Meaning
- Contracted form of Berenice. It occurs briefly in Acts in the New Testament belonging to a sister of King Herod Agrippa Ii. Bernice is a short form of Berenice. Berenice originates in Greek language and means "victory bearer". Nowadays, it it is more popular in its Latin version Veronica. Berenice was the name of several queens and princesses in Egypt, as well as Christian saints. In the English-speaking countries, Veronica is definitely a more popular variant than Berenice.
Bernice Related Names
Variants: Berniece (English), Bernyce, Bernys, Bernee, Bernis
Diminutives: Bernetta, Bernie, Berny, Bunny (English)
Other Languages: Berenice, Berenike, Pherenike (Ancient Greek), Bernike (Biblical Greek), Veronika (Bulgarian), Veronika (Croatian), Veronika (Czech), Veronika (Danish), Véronique (French), Veronika (German), Veronika (Hungarian), Berenice, Veronica (Italian), Veronica (Late Roman), Veronika (Latvian), Veronika (Lithuanian), Veronika (Macedonian), Veronika (Norwegian), Weronika, Wera (Polish), Verônica (Portuguese), Veronica (Romanian), Veronika, Nika (Russian), Veronika (Slovak), Veronika (Slovene), Verónica (Spanish), Veronika (Swedish)
Bernice Celebrities
Bernice Liu - actress,
