Tice as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tice

What is the meaning of the name Tice ?

The baby name Tice is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /taɪs/ (TICE, rhymes with "rice").

Tice is English in Origin.

Tice is a compact given name and surname with North Sea roots. It most often represents an Anglicized form of Dutch Thijs/Tijs and Low German Theis/Thies - traditional short forms of Matthias or Matthew. All trace back to Hebrew Matityahu, “gift of God.” In Scandinavia, the cognate Teis shows the same development, and some families in the English-speaking world bear Tice as an Americanized spelling of Theis/Thies or as a variant of Tyce.

Medieval records from the Low Countries and northern Germany attest Thies and its kin as familiar bynames, later fixed as surnames; the spelling Tice became established in Britain and North America through migration. As a modern given name, Tice is rare but stylish, sharing sound with Dutch favorite Thijs. Variants and relatives include Thijs, Tijs, Theis, Thies, Teis, Tyce, Mathias/Matthias, and Matthew; St. Matthias’s feast day is sometimes observed for name days.