Given name
Lenice
“one who has soft and silky skin”
Lenice is a variant of Lenis. One Latin interpretation is “one who has soft and silky skin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lenice is a variant of Lenis. One Latin interpretation is “one who has soft and silky skin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lenice is a variant of Lenis. An origin associated with Lenis is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lenice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 517
- 0 boys · 517 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 14 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 404 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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