Berenice (, Bereníkē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Pherenikē, which means "bearer of victory" .Berenike, Liddell and Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence.Lete Epigraphical Database The Latin variant Veronica is a direct transliteration. The name also has the form Bernice.
Places Berenice, Cyrenaica, an ancient Greek city in Libya. Berenice Troglodytica, an ancient Greek city in Egypt
People Ancient world Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt Berenice I ( – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt Berenice Syra ( – 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos Berenice II (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices Berenice III (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt Berenice IV (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 of Ptolemy Epigonos and daughter of the third and final Ptolemaic Client King of Telmessos.
Judean princesses Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great and mother of Herod Agrippa Berenice (28–?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod 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
Saints Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century Christian martyrs
Others Berenice (Oxyrhynchus), Roman Egyptian wine merchant Berenice of Chios (died 72/71 BC), third wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus The daughter in the exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter, one of the miracles of Jesus recounted in the Christian Gospels , wife of Seuthes III and Thracian queen
Modern era 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 Berenice Seara, Brazilian journalist 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
See also Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
References
, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology