Berenike

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Macedonian dialectal form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike). [1] [2]

First element (Phere-):

Greek φερω (phero) = 'to bring'

Last element (-nike):

Greek νικη (nike) = 'victory' (see NIK)

Related Names

     
Berenice ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Berenike ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Bernice ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish

See also Veronica

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 7 28 0 0
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 9 n.a 4
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Berenike.

Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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