Berenice (Ancient Greek:Βερενίκη,Bereníkē) is theAncient Macedonian form of theAttic Greek nameΦερενίκηPherenikē, which means "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō) 'to bear' and νίκη (nikē) 'victory'.^[1] Berenika, priestess ofDemeter inLete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence.^[2][3] The Latin variantVeronica is a direct transliteration. The name also has the formBernice.

Many historical figures bear the name Berenice:

• Berenice I of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
• Berenice Syra (c. 275 BC – 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarchAntiochus II Theos
• Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellationComa Berenices
• Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
• Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
• Berenice (3rd to 2nd century BC), Greek princess and chief priestess of the Carian Satrapy, great-granddaughter ofPtolemy Epigonos and daughter ofthe third and final Ptolemaic Client King of Telmessos.

• Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter ofSalome I, a sister ofHerod the Great and mother ofHerod Agrippa
• Berenice (28–?), a daughter ofHerod Agrippa I, wife ofHerod of Chalcis until 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother,Herod Agrippa II. She is chiefly known for her love affair with the Roman general (later emperor)Titus
• Berenice (after 50–?), a granddaughter of Herod Agrippa I

• Berenice, also known asSaint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem
• Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century Christian martyrs

• Berenice (Oxyrhynchus), Roman Egyptian wine merchant
• Berenice of Chios (died 72/71 BC), third wife ofMithridates VI of Pontus
• The daughter in theexorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, one of the miracles of Jesus recounted in the Christian Gospels
• Berenice ^[Wikidata], wife ofSeuthes III and Thracian queen

• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
• Bérénice Bejo (born 1976), French-Argentine actress
• Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
• Berenice Mallory (1901–1997), American home economist
• Bérénice Marlohe (born 1979), French actress
• Bernice Slote (1913–1983), poet and Willa Cather scholar
• Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
• Berenice Wicki (born 2002), Swiss snowboarder
• Bernice Williams, American blues singer

• Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater

• "Berenice",Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)."Berenice" .Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 769.

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