Berenice

Greek

"she who brings victory"

Berenice Origin and Meaning

The name Berenice is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "she who brings victory".

A name with a surprising amount of history--it was the name of the wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt, occurs in the New Testament, and belonged to a fourth century saint. In the US, it has long been spelled and pronounced Bernice. Nicknames include Bernie, Berry, Binnie and Bunny.

Berenice Rank in US Top 1000

# 855 in the US

Popularity of the name Berenice

• 1543 Nameberry 2023
• 270 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Berenice

• Berenice I III, queens of Egypt
• Berenice IV sister of Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh of Egypt
• Berenice of Cilicia 1st century Queen of Judaea
• Berenice (born Bernice) Abbott American photographer
• Berenice Bejo French actress
• Berenice Lim Marlohe French actress
• Berenice Sydney English painter
• Maé Bérénice Méité, French figure skater

The name Berenice in Pop Culture

• Berenice Sadie Brown black cook with a blue glass eye, married four times, in 'The Member of the Wedding' (1946) by Carson McCullers
• Berenice whose brightly white teeth are drawn by Egaeus while she is in a trance, in Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'Berenice' (1840)
• "Berenice " play by Jean Racine (1670)
• "Berenice " opera by George Frideric Handel
• Variation of Ancient Greek Berenike from the name Pherenike
• Usual English pronunciation: bare uh,NY,see