English

Proper noun

Janice

1. A female given name.
   • 1899 Paul Leicester Ford: Janice Meredith: Chapter 1:

     "Yes, Mommy," answered Janice. Then she turned to her friend and asked, "Shall I wear my light chintz and kenton kerchief, or my purple and white striped Persian?"

     "Sufficiently smart for a country lass, Jan," cried her friend.

   • 1999 Peter McPhee: Runner: ISBN 1550286749 page 37,38:

     "Now class," she said, "my name is Mrs. Chubbie. I know how most of you would like to pronounce it, but the correct pronunciation is Mrs. Shew-bay." - - -

     "It's Jan-eece," the goth-girl says.

     "Pardon me?" Mrs Shew-bay asks very properly.

     "My name is pronounced Jan-eece. Not Janice." The whole class tries to stop from laughing out loud at this. - - - "I've changed since last year. Janice is the name of some average, boring student. Do I look average to you?"