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 [ 2 syll. ja-ni-ce, jan-ice ] The girl name Janice is pronounced JHAENahS KEY. Janice is of Hebrew origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. The name evolved as a diminutive or elaboration of Jane. It first appeared as the name of the titular heroine in Paul Leicester Ford's novel Janice Meredith (1899). Variants of Janice include Janiece (English), Janis (English), Janise (English), Janyce (English), Jynice (English), and Shanice (English). Janice is a variant of Jane (English). Jan (English short form) is another variant of Janice. Janice is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1946, 0.871% of baby girls were given the name Janice. It ranked at #22 then. The baby name has since experienced a steep decline in popularity, and is currently of only infrequent use. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly linked to Janice, Jane (English) was the most popular. The name Janice has been mostly given to girls, although it has also been used as a boy name in the past century. In 1940, the name Janice was given to 197 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Janice include Janise (English), Jamese (English), Jamis (English), Jamise (English), Jancis (English), Janiece (English), Janis (English), Janka (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, and German), Jannicke (Scandinavian), Janyce (English), Jeancie (English), Jemsa (Spanish), Jenise (English), Jenka (Czech), Jin-Joo (Korean), Junko (Japanese), Jamaica (English), Jameka (English), James (English), and Jamesha (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Janice: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
