Janece
Feminine · “A respelling of Janice”
Janece is a respelling of Janice, the elaboration of Jane that a novel made popular at the turn of the twentieth century. Its -ece ending pulls it gently toward Denise, so the spelling leaves a real choice about how to say it.
How old is the name Janece?
Janece first appears in US birth records in 1930 — 95 years ago. The typical Janece alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. About 600 people named Janece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Janece most popular?
Janece peaked in 1942, reaching #2666 nationally. See the whole 1942 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Jane to Janece
The story of Janece
Janice was made from Jane by adding the -ice ending of older names like Alice and Clarice, and it spread after Paul Leicester Ford gave it to the heroine of a best-selling novel of the American Revolution. Janece is one of the respellings that followed. Its ending is the one English writes in piece and niece, and Denise, not Janice, is the name it most resembles on paper, so some families say ja-NEES and others JAN-iss. The record does not say which the first Janeces were called, and families today still choose.
Meaning
A respelling of Janice, an elaboration of Jane
Janice was built on Jane, from John, Hebrew 'God has been gracious'. Janece is a variant spelling.
How the name formed
- Jane
- Janice
- Janece
Related forms: Janice · Janis · Jeanne
Pronouncing Janece
juh-NEES
Some families say JAN-iss, like Janice. The spelling leans toward juh-NEES, rhyming with Denise, so settle on one early.
Nicknames for Janece
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
- 1930
- Most girls named
- 196019 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2666reached in 1942
- Change vs 2005
- +20.0%6 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.
Janece in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Janice in English — spelling variant
- Janis in English — spelling variant
- Jeanne in French — related form
Janeces among us
people named Janece 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
Janece 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
- Built on Jane, one of the most familiar names in English.
- Comes with Jan as a ready short form.
- Rare, so a Janece is unlikely to meet another.
- People will write it Janice or Janeese and say it either way, so expect regular corrections.
- It reads as a name of its mid-century era.
- Its two possible pronunciations can make introductions a little longer than usual.
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Frequently asked
- How many Janeces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Janece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Janece in 2025?
- Janece is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Janece will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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