Given name
Jeniece
“God is gracious”
Jeniece is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeniece is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jeniece is a variant of Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Jeniece through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 508
- 0 boys · 508 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 22 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 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.
Jeniece’s family of names
Jeniece has a related form in Jane. Jeniece has a related form in Janis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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