Berenice Forename
8,070th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 129,151 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico
Berenice Forename Definition:
A female name. Macedonian form of Greek φερενίκη, ‘bringer of victory’. The name was borne by a 4th-C Syrian martyr, but was not used in England until after the Reformation, when it was occasionally employed on account of its occurrence (in the form Bernice) in Acts XXV.
Read More About This ForenameBerenice Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 63,909 | 1:1,943 | 311 |
| Brazil | 100% | 27,083 | 1:7,910 | 953 |
| Colombia | 100% | 13,448 | 1:3,553 | 443 |
| United States | 100% | 5,880 | 1:61,656 | 3,225 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,598 | 1:11,860 | 1,924 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,634 | 1:11,466 | 1,170 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,909 | 1:5,464 | 789 |
| France | 100% | 877 | 1:75,793 | 1,902 |
| England | 100% | 803 | 1:69,244 | 2,928 |
| Peru | 100% | 790 | 1:40,242 | 2,284 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 746 | 1:98,965 | 5,317 |
| Chile | 100% | 711 | 1:24,764 | 1,227 |
| Benin | 100% | 440 | 1:24,036 | 2,425 |
| Argentina | 100% | 421 | 1:101,599 | 1,882 |
| Gabon | - | 401 | 1:4,697 | 951 |
| Spain | 100% | 365 | 1:127,479 | 3,281 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 340 | 1:63,560 | 3,842 |
| Belgium | 100% | 320 | 1:35,906 | 2,083 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 312 | 1:15,282 | 1,205 |
| Italy | 100% | 295 | 1:206,990 | 2,917 |
| Panama | 100% | 240 | 1:16,277 | 1,761 |
| Ecuador | - | 233 | 1:76,081 | 2,159 |
| Australia | - | 172 | 1:79,405 | 3,172 |
| Israel | 100% | 171 | 1:49,140 | 3,069 |
| Portugal | - | 148 | 1:70,344 | 2,168 |
| Congo | 80% | 143 | 1:35,029 | 2,967 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 140 | 1:120,729 | 5,735 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 122 | 1:189,147 | 9,538 |
| Haiti | 100% | 118 | 1:90,906 | 5,285 |
| Cuba | - | 116 | 1:99,194 | 2,028 |
| Canada | 100% | 81 | 1:409,054 | 11,602 |
| Germany | 99% | 80 | 1:1,208,473 | 8,695 |
| Philippines | 95% | 71 | 1:1,493,091 | 36,062 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 71 | 1:48,277 | 1,783 |
| El Salvador | - | 63 | 1:100,663 | 2,101 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 60 | 1:100,306 | 3,501 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 56 | 1:287,651 | 3,507 |
| Romania | - | 55 | 1:364,581 | 10,728 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 51 | 1:360,382 | 13,572 |
| Honduras | 100% | 51 | 1:172,892 | 4,304 |
| Wales | 100% | 46 | 1:67,268 | 2,025 |
| Paraguay | 92% | 36 | 1:201,022 | 3,267 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 34 | 1:453,642 | 21,207 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Thailand | 84% | 30 | 1:2,335,527 | 60,765 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 29 | 1:283,224 | 5,698 |
| Sweden | 100% | 26 | 1:379,150 | 10,677 |
| Scotland | 100% | 25 | 1:214,015 | 3,700 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 21 | 1:169,062 | 2,383 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Andorra | - | 18 | 1:4,605 | 419 |
| Lesotho | 91% | 16 | 1:127,500 | 10,294 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 15 | 1:706,760 | 3,031 |
| Ireland | - | 14 | 1:331,680 | 4,801 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10 | 1:17,756,436 | 163,035 |
| Cape Verde | - | 9 | 1:58,795 | 2,536 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Mali | 100% | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| India | 100% | 8 | 1:151,859,746 | 1,755,835 |
| Namibia | - | 8 | 1:300,522 | 5,486 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 6 | 1:5,074,990 | 119,899 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Angola | 100% | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Austria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,838,067 | 11,255 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| New Zealand | - | 3 | 1:1,512,015 | 11,267 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Croatia | - | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Bérenice (8), Berénice (3), Bérénice (1,080), Bèrènice (11) & Bérènice (1) are calculated separately.
Berenice (482) may also be a surname.
Berenice Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Macedonian form of Greek φερενίκη, ‘bringer of victory’. The name was borne by a 4th-C Syrian martyr, but was not used in England until after the Reformation, when it was occasionally employed on account of its occurrence (in the form Bernice) in Acts XXV. 13. See also Veronica.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Originally Pherenice, a Macedonian name, it derives from Greek and, there, it means ‘victory-bringing’. Daughter of Agrippa I, the greatest Berenice of history figures in literature as the heroine in two plays, Racine’s Berenice and Otway’s Titus and Berenice. (Harvey.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Greek (feminine) - Bringer of victory.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Berenice Forename Popularity
Berenice Demographics
Average Berenice Salary in
United States
$33,950 USD
Per year
Rank:
339,305 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00140065
Rank: 3,483 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
77.99%
Sample size: 3,401 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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