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Charnice
How to Pronounce Charnice
Pronounced shar-NEESE /ʃɑːrˈniːs/Medium
Meaning: Charnice pairs the Char- opening of Charlene and Charmaine with the elegant -nice ending of Denice. It is a modern African American coinage whose appeal lies in that soft, French-flavored close rather than a separate literal meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Charnice is a modern American coinage that joins the Char- opening of Charlene and Charmaine to the -nice ending made fashionable by Denice. Black American families in the nineteen-seventies coined many such names for their soft, French-sounding close, and Charnice belongs to that wave. It appears on United States birth records from the early nineteen-seventies.
It was always rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its high in the mid-nineteen-nineties, so a girl named Charnice then would be about thirty today. It reads as a coinage of its era rather than a revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Charnice mean?
It is a modern coinage joining a Char- opening to the -nice ending of Denice; it has no separate dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Charnice?
It's said shar-NEESE /ʃɑːrˈniːs/, two syllables with the stress on the last.
Is Charnice a boy or girl name?
Charnice is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Charnice?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-nineties.