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Bernice

Bernice proper noun: a female given name from Ancient Greek.

Proper noun

Bernice

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.Acts 25:13
    • Later Martin said, "If we ever have another baby girl, I'm going to give her a simple name like Mary Jane." When we did have another daughter, we called her Bernice Albertine, after her two grandmothers. Not quite Mary Jane, but at least named for members of the family. In any case, she is known as...1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, page 107

Origin of Bernice

Biblical form of Berenice, from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē).

Words formed from Bernice

Questions about Bernice

What does Bernice mean?
Bernice means a female given name from Ancient Greek.
What part of speech is Bernice?
Bernice is a proper noun.

Words near Bernice in the dictionary

  1. Bernhardts
  2. Bernhart
  3. Bernharts
  4. Bernheimian
  5. Bernheze
  6. Bernice
  7. Bernicia
  8. Bernician
  9. Bernicians
  10. bernicle
  11. bernicles

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