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[Facts] Janice
My name is Janice. It's pronounced Juh niece not Janus like the two-faced goddess. The only information I can find is for the latter. All I know is that my Irish great grandma named my Irish/Cherokee grandma Janice back in the 30's. I don't know if that helps with origin or not... But I thought it may be French because the nice is pronounce like Nice, France. But I have no idea! Maybe my great grandma was just being creative. Thank you in advance for any information.
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Janice is not actually a French name. It's an English name, but some people do pronounce it in a French-influenced way.
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Janice is an elaborated form of Jane (click the links for more info). "Juh niece" is probably just a variant pronunciation.
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If that is the case I feel bad for getting irritated when people pronounce it Janus. It's not that I dislike that name, it's just that it's not my name. I guess I'm not familiar with how "creative" people were in naming their children in the 1930's. Thank you.
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If I were to ever come into contact with a Janice I would assume it was pronounced "JAN-iss" because that is the only way I've ever heard it said. I like the "ja-NEECE" pronunciation but it would never be my first guess. You can't really get mad at people for pronouncing a name the way it has historically been said
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Then again the city Nice was named by the Greeks after the goddess Nike. But I don't know if that matters.
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