Shanice

Where Shanice comes from

The dictionaries list Shanice as a given name — a female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #7,016 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Shanice van de Sanden born
    Dutch footballer
  3. 1992
    Peak, #162
    1,859 babies named Shanice — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Shanice Craft born
    German athletics competitor
  5. 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.