Berenike
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Ancient Macedonian form of BERENICE.
 | BERENICE female English, Italian, Ancient Greek (Latinized) Latinized form of Βερενικη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενικη (Pherenike), which meant "bringing victory" from φερω (phero) "to bring" and νικη (nike) "victory". This name was common among the Ptolemy ruling family of Egypt, a dynasty which was originally from Macedon. It occurs briefly in Acts in the New Testament (in most English Bibles it is spelled Bernice) belonging to a sister of King Herod Agrippa II. As an English name, Berenice came into use after the Protestant Reformation. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| ANCIENT GREEK: Berenice, Pherenike |
| BIBLICAL GREEK: Bernike |
| BIBLICAL LATIN: Bernice |
| BIBLICAL: Bernice |
| BULGARIAN: Veronika |
| CROATIAN: Veronika |
| CZECH: Veronika |
| DANISH: Veronika |
| ENGLISH: Berenice, Bernice, Berniece, Veronica |
| FRENCH: Bérénice, Véronique |
| GERMAN: Veronika |
| HUNGARIAN: Veronika |
| ITALIAN: Berenice, Veronica |
| LATE ROMAN: Veronica |
| LATVIAN: Veronika |
| LITHUANIAN: Veronika |
| MACEDONIAN: Veronika |
| NORWEGIAN: Veronika |
| POLISH: Weronika |
| PORTUGUESE: Verônica |
| ROMANIAN: Veronica |
| RUSSIAN: Veronika |
| SLOVAK: Veronika |
| SLOVENE: Veronika |
| SORBIAN: Weronika |
| SPANISH: Verónica |
| SWEDISH: Veronika |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| ENGLISH: Bernetta, Bernie, Berny, Bunny, Netta, Roni, Ronnie |
| POLISH: Wera |
| RUSSIAN: Nika |
| OTHER FORMS |
| FRENCH: Vérène |
| GERMAN: Verena, Vreni |
| LATE ROMAN: Verena |