Berenice

Berenice is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Bringer of victory.

What Berenice means

Bringer of victory.

Berenice sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.

Where Berenice comes from

Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.

Berenice is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.

How popular is Berenice?

Berenice is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Berenice is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.

The character of Berenice

We group Berenice under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.

Themes: Strong

Names like Berenice

These share Berenice's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Diamond — Brilliant and unbreakable gem.
• Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
• Achilles — The great warrior hero.
• Alexis — Defender; helper.
• Ares — God of war.
• Evander — Good man; strong.
• Hector — Holding fast; steadfast defender.
• Lysander — Liberator; freer of men.
• Nikolas — Victory of the people.
• Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
• Peter — Rock; stone.
• Zander — Defender of mankind.

More Greek names

• Basil — Kingly; royal.
• Calix — Very handsome.
• Azalea — The azalea flower.
• Calla — Beautiful; the calla lily.
• Atticus — From Attica; of Athens.
• Calliope — Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
• Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
• Cassandra — Shining upon man; a prophetess.
• Athena — Goddess of wisdom and war.
• Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.