Janice

English Etymology 1 Variant of en Jane under apparent influence from en Alice, en Bernice, en Eunice, etc., from en fr Jeanne, from en frm Jehanne, from en la-med Johanna, variant of en la Ioanna under influence from en la Iōhannēs, from en grc-koi Ἰωάννα, from en he יוֹחָנָה Yôḥānāh God is gracious, the feminized form of he יְהוֹחָנָן Yəhōḥānān which produced en John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of en John and en Jack and earlier use of en Joan in the same role. en Ivana Jana Janis Jean Jeanne Jen Joan Joanna Joanne Johanna Juana Shavonne Sian Siobhan Shane Shaun Shauna Sheena. Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒænɪs/ en ænɪs 2 Proper noun en female. en 1899 Paul Leicester Ford Janice Meredith i "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?""Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend. en 1999 Peter McPhee Runner 378 1550286749 "Now class," she said, "my name is Mrs. Chubbie. I know how most of you would like to pronounce it, but the correct pronunciation is Mrs. Shew-bay.""It's Jan-eece," the goth-girl says."Pardon me?" Mrs Shew-bay asks very properly."My name is pronounced Jan-eece. Not Janice." The whole class tries to stop from laughing out loud at this. "I've changed since last year. Janice is the name of some average, boring student. Do I look average to you?" Derived terms en Janessa Alternative forms en Jan Janis Janyce Etymology 2 Possibly an altered spelling of en Jannis; see en Janes. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Janice is the 37180th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Janice is most common among White (55.83%) and Black/African American (33.33%) individuals. Further reading en 2-syllable words female given names from Hebrew