Janeice
Feminine · “A spelling of Janice”
Janeice is Janice written so that Jane stays whole inside it. The Janis of American song who best knew what it was to be young and unsure sang about it on the first night of Saturday Night Live.
How old is the name Janeice?
Janeice first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Janeice alive today was born around 1977, making them about 48 years old. About 500 people named Janeice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Janeice most popular?
Janeice peaked in 1954, reaching #2695 nationally. See the whole 1954 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Jane to Janeice
The story of Janeice
Most spellings of Janice lose Jane's final e; Janeice keeps it, so the name reads as Jane plus -ice, with the long a written out. Janis Ian, who took her stage name from her brother’s middle name, wrote and sang 'At Seventeen', about a girl who was never asked to dance, and won a Grammy for it; she was one of the two musical guests on the very first episode of Saturday Night Live. Janeice is one of the spellings American families used.
Meaning
A spelling of Janice, from Jane
Janice was made from Jane with a new ending. Janeice keeps Jane's e and adds -ice.
How the name formed
- Jane
- Janice
- Janeice
Related forms: Janice · Janis
Pronouncing Janeice
JAN-is
Two syllables with the stress on the first; some families say juh-NEES.
Nicknames for Janeice
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
- 1920
- Most girls named
- 195314 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2695reached in 1954
- Change vs 2012
- +20.0%6 in 2013, 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.
Janeice in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Janice in English — spelling variant
- Janis in English — spelling variant
Janeices among us
people named Janeice 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
Janeice 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
- Sounds like Janice, a name everyone knows.
- Keeps Jane inside it.
- Comes with Jan as a ready short form.
- Almost everyone will write Janice.
- The pronunciation varies.
- It reads as a name of an older generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Janeices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Janeice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Janeice in 2025?
- Janeice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Janeice with classmates?
- Janeice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
Jennifer#586 · Jessica#665 · Janet#2778 · Julie#872 · Joyce#1071 · Joan#1085 · Julia#131 · Jean#2117
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