Given name
Annice
“one who is pure; chaste”
Annice is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Annice is a variant of Agnes. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Annice is a variant of Agnes. An origin associated with Agnes is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Annice is used as a spelling variant of Annis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,809
- 0 boys · 1,809 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 905 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Annice’s family of names
Annice has a related form in Agnes. In English usage, Annice has a conventional equivalent in the German form Agnes. Annice has an alternative spelling in Annis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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