Genice
Feminine
Genice is an American name built on a front syllable that serves half a dozen longer names, and the record does not say which one a family had in mind. The syllable is shared with a mountain flower whose name comes attached to a defeated king.
How old is the name Genice?
Genice first appears in US birth records in 1921 — 104 years ago. The typical Genice alive today was born around 1962, making them about 63 years old. About 700 people named Genice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Genice most popular?
Genice peaked in 1960, reaching #1982 nationally. See the whole 1960 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Genice
Gentian is the blue flower of alpine meadows, bitter enough to be used in medicine and in the stomach-settling drinks of half of Europe, and it is named after a man. Pliny records that Gentius, the last king of Illyria, discovered the plant's medicinal properties, and the name stuck to it. What Pliny does not dwell on is how Gentius finished: he picked the wrong side in a Roman war, was defeated in something like a month, and was paraded through Rome in a triumph before being interned in an Italian town for the rest of his life. His kingdom vanished. His flower is still in every herbal in Europe, and still in the bottle behind most European bars. Genice has no documented connection to any of it. But a name whose own origin is unrecoverable may as well keep good company.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Gen in front could come from Genevieve, Eugenia, Jennifer or Gena, and nothing in the record narrows it. The ending is the ordinary American one shared with Janice and Bernice.
Pronouncing Genice
juh-NEECE
Two syllables with the weight on the second and a soft g at the front. The final s is said sharp, not buzzed.
Nicknames for Genice
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1921
- Most girls named
- 195931 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1982reached in 1960
- Change vs 2004
- 0.0%5 in 2007, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Genices among us
people named Genice are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Genice sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, spelled as it sounds, and rarely mispronounced on a first reading.
- Gen comes off the front as a short form and is already familiar.
- It sits in known company with Janice and Bernice, so it is unusual without being strange.
- It will be written Janice, Jenise and Genese by people working from sound alone.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing settled to answer with.
- It belongs audibly to one stretch of the last century, which places the name in time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Genices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Genice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Genice in 2025?
- Genice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Genice with classmates?
- Genice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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