Given name & surname
Denice
“follower of Dionysus”
In English use, Denice is a form of Denise. In French use, Denise carries the interpretation “follower of Dionysus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Denice is a form of Denise. In French use, Denise carries the interpretation “follower of Dionysus.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Denice is used as a form of Denise.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Denice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,649
- 0 boys · 10,649 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 450 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 450 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,264 as a first name in 2020; 166 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Denice’s family of names
In German usage, Denice has a related form in Denise. Denice is a form of Denise. In English usage, Denice has a conventional equivalent in the German form Denise.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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