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Juanice
Pronounced wah-NEECE /wɑˈniːs/Medium
Meaning: Juanice is a blended American name, fusing Juanita, the Spanish feminine of Juan (from Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious'), with Janice. It joins a Spanish first half to an English ending.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
Juanice is a coinage that welds two names together: Juanita, the Spanish feminine of Juan, from the Hebrew Yohanan, 'God is gracious', and Janice, a twentieth-century English name. The result keeps a Spanish opening while borrowing the -ice ending popular in the era of Bernice and Janice.
It was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year around its 1927 peak, and it never became common. A woman named Juanice would be of great-grandparent age now, and the name reads as a distinctive cross-cultural coinage of its day.
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What does the name Juanice mean?
It blends Juanita, the Spanish feminine of Juan meaning 'God is gracious', with Janice.
How do you pronounce Juanice?
It is said wah-NEECE /wɑˈniːs/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Juanice a boy or girl name?
Juanice is used as a girl's name.
Is Juanice a popular name?
No, it was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the nineteen-twenties.