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Venise
How to Pronounce Venise
Pronounced vuh-NEESS /vəˈniːs/Medium
Meaning: Venise is the French form of Venice, the Italian canal city, pressed into service as a given name. It may also read for some families as a softened cousin of Denise, but its clearest anchor is the romantic place name.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Venise is the French spelling of Venice, the fabled Italian city of canals, adopted as an American girl's name. Place names with a European sheen drew a scattering of mid-century parents, and Venise belongs beside that taste; it first appears in the 1940s and reached a modest high around 1960.
It never caught on widely, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at most, so a Venise from her peak would be in her sixties today. It reads as an elegant one-off rather than a trend, and its nearest common relative is the plainer Denise.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Venise mean?
It is the French name for the Italian city of Venice.
How do you pronounce Venise?
It's said vuh-NEESS /vəˈniːs/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Venise a boy or girl name?
Venise is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Venise?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high point around the early nineteen-sixties.