Janice (name)

Janice is an English female given name .

Origin and meaning

The first name Janice comes from Jane - a medieval English form of Jehanne , an old French female form of Iohannes ( Johannes ). This and its female form Johanna are of Hebrew origin and mean “the one who is graced by God” or “God is gracious”.

variants

• Shanice

Name bearers

First name

• Janice Deaner (* 1966), American writer
• Janice Dickinson (* 1955), American supermodel
• Janice Elaine Voss (1956–2012), American astronaut
• Caroline Janice Cherryh (* 1966), American science fiction writer, see CJ Cherryh
• MaryJanice Davidson (* 1969), American writer
• Janice Hadlow (* 1957), British media manager
• Janice Jakait (* 1977) was the first German to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat alone and without a support boat.
• Janice Scroggins (1955–2014), American blues and jazz pianist

Fictional characters

• Janice Litman Goralnik , fictional character in the American television sitcom Friends
• Janice McCormick , title heroine of Robin Ray's English comic series, see The Sorrows of Young Janice

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jane on behindthename.com (Engl.)