Shanice

Where Shanice comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shanice.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Shanice through the years
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #7,016 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Around this time: Discovery by Shanice
    Album, 1987 · Source · Date
    “The name Shanice rose to popularity in the United States in the 1990s, likely spurred on by the rise of the singer Shanice Wilson.”
  3. 1992
    Shanice van de Sanden born
    Dutch footballer
  4. 1992
    Peak, #162
    1,859 babies named Shanice, the most in any year.
  5. 1993
    Shanice Craft born
    German athletics competitor
  6. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #342.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Namesakes
  • Shanice van de Sanden · Dutch footballer, born 1992
  • Shanice Craft · German athletics competitor, born 1993
  • Shanice · American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer, born 1973
  • Shanice Marcelle · Canadian volleyball player, born 1990
  • Shanice Banton · Canadian actress, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).