Anice as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Anice

What is the meaning of the name Anice ?

The baby name Anice is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced uh-NEES (əˈniːs),AN-iss (ˈænɪs).

Anice is English in Origin.

Anice is a feminine given name with layered roots. In medieval England it appears as a vernacular form of Agnes - spelled Anice, Annice, or Annis - carried from Old French Annis and ultimately from Greek Hagnē, “pure, chaste.” Parish registers from the 16th to 18th centuries show these spellings in England and Scotland, and the name traveled with settlers to North America, where it persisted in family lines even as Agnes waned.

A second influence is the spice name anise (Greek ánison > Latin anisum), giving Anice a nature-name reading popular in the 18th–19th centuries. Variants and relatives include Annice, Annis, Anise, Agnes, Agnès, Ines/Inez, and Agnese; nicknames Annie and Nissie appear in older records. Meanings range from the saintly “pure” (Agnes line) to the fragrant botanical association. Today Anice is rare, lending it a vintage, quietly distinctive charm.