Jannice
Feminine
Jannice doubles a letter in a name that is itself unexplained, so the spelling records a change to something uncertain. The Roman god its front resembles had a temple whose doors were a public statement about war.
How old is the name Jannice?
Jannice first appears in US birth records in 1922 — 103 years ago. The typical Jannice alive today was born around 1958, making them about 67 years old. About 500 people named Jannice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jannice most popular?
Jannice peaked in 1959, reaching #2021 nationally. See the whole 1959 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jannice
The temple of Janus in the Roman Forum had doors that were opened when the state was at war and shut when it was at peace, and the Romans recorded, with some embarrassment, how rarely they were shut. Livy names only a couple of closings in the whole republican period; Augustus made a point of shutting them three times in his own reign and put it in his list of achievements, precisely because it was so unusual. The god himself faces both ways, which is why the first month looks back at the old year and forward at the new, and why he was invoked at the start of any undertaking. A doorway that is a war memorial in reverse is a Roman idea and has no real modern equivalent.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name it varies is usually treated as an extension of Jane, though a novelist has also been credited with coining it. Neither account is documented well enough to settle, and this spelling adds a letter to whichever is right.
Pronouncing Jannice
JAN-iss
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The doubled n keeps the first vowel short, which the single-n spelling manages anyway.
Nicknames for Jannice
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
- 1922
- Most girls named
- 196030 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2021reached in 1959
- Change vs 2006
- −37.5%5 in 2013, from 8
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.
Jannices among us
people named Jannice 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
Jannice 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
- Jan detaches cleanly and works for a child of either sex.
- Two syllables with front stress is the plainest shape English has.
- The sound is entirely familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Janice, Janis and Janiece are all commoner and will be written for it.
- The doubled letter is inaudible, so the spelling must be given aloud every time.
- The name it varies has two proposed origins and neither is settled.
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- How many Jannices 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 Jannice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jannice in 2025?
- Jannice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Jannice 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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