Berenice

A female given name: from a Greek word meaning “bringer of victory.”.

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Berenice (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη, Bereníkē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), which meant "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō), meaning 'to bear', and νίκη (nikē), meaning 'victory'. Berenika priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The name also has the form Bernice. An additional Latin form of the same name is Veronica.

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Fem. proper name, from Latin Berenice, from Macedonian Greek Berenike (classical Greek Pherenike), literally "bringer of victory," from pherein "to bring" (from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry") + nike "victory" (see Nike). The constellation Berenice's Hair is from the story of the pilfered locks of the wife of Ptolemy Euergetes, king of Egypt, c. 248 B.C.E., which the queen cut off as an offering to Venus. The constellation features a dim but visible star cluster; Ptolemy (the astronomer) regarded it as the tuft of fur at the end of Leo's tail, but German cartographer Caspar Vopel put it on his 1536 globe, and it endured. Berenice's Hair is also sometimes incorrectly given as an old name of the star Canopus based on Holland's mistranslation of Pliny in 1601.

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Greek origin: victory bringer, bringer of victory; from the male personal name Berenike. Combine of phero (to bring) and nike (victory).

Veronica, Bernike, Berenike, Bernie, Bernice

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Berenice Abbott	1898	American photographer
2	Berenice IV of Egypt		Greek Princess of the Ptolemaic dynasty
3	Berenice III of Egypt		Queen of Egypt
4	Berenice I of Egypt		Egyptian queen consort
5	Berenice II		Queen of Egypt
6	Berenice Weichert	1979	German voice actor
7	Berenice Sydney	1944	British artist
8	Berenice
9	Berenice Guzmán	1975	Olympic synchronized swimmer
10	Berenice of Chios
11	Berenice Quezada
12	Berenice Azambuja	1952	Brazilian vocalist
13	Berenice Celeyta		Colombian activist
14	Berenice Bento	1966	Brazilian sociologist
15	Berenice Restituyo	1977
16	Berenice Kockisch	1963	German film actor
17	Berenice Lunardi