Message: "Janice" - Behind the Name

Janice

by Jane (guest)

4/9/2011, 7:31 PM

My name is Janice. It's pronounced Juh niece not Janus like the two-faced goddess. The only information I can find is for the latter. All I know is that my Irish great grandma named my Irish/Cherokee grandma Janice back in the 30's. I don't know if that helps with origin or not... But I thought it may be French because the nice is pronounce like Nice, France. But I have no idea! Maybe my great grandma was just being creative. Thank you in advance for any information.

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- Jane (guest)

4/9/2011, 7:42 PM

Then again the city Nice was named by the Greeks after the goddess Nike. But I don't know if that matters.

- Kate +2

4/9/2011, 9:55 PM

Janice is an elaborated form of Jane (click the links for more info). "Juh niece" is probably just a variant pronunciation.

- Jane (guest) +1

4/10/2011, 7:45 PM

If that is the case I feel bad for getting irritated when people pronounce it Janus. It's not that I dislike that name, it's just that it's not my name. I guess I'm not familiar with how "creative" people were in naming their children in the 1930's. Thank you.

- Ismene (Madyson)

4/12/2011, 12:53 PM

If I were to ever come into contact with a Janice I would assume it was pronounced "JAN-iss" because that is the only way I've ever heard it said. I like the "ja-NEECE" pronunciation but it would never be my first guess. You can't really get mad at people for pronouncing a name the way it has historically been said

- Orsino (bananarama)

4/10/2011, 10:07 AM

Janice is not actually a French name. It's an English name, but some people do pronounce it in a French-influenced way.

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