Bernice
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bringing victory.
Bernice by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Bernice. In the US, 69 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 6,190 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bernice. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean victory
Like Bernice, each of these has victory in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Victoriavictory7,277 in the US (2017)
- Nicolevictory of the people; a form of Nicholas1,654 in the US (2017)
- Lauralaurel tree; symbol of victory939 in the US (2017)
- Nicovictory of the people; form of nicholas306 in England and Wales (2025)
- Colettevictory of the people; from Nicole578 in the US (2017)
- Laurellaurel tree; symbol of victory and honor500 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bernice
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