Berenice (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη, Berenikē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), which meant "bearer of victory" from Ancient Greek φέρω (pherō), meaning 'to bear', and νίκη (nikē), meaning 'victory'. Berenika priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC is the oldest epigraphical evidence. The name also has the form Bernice. An additional Latin form of the same name is Veronica.
Many historical figures bear the name Berenice:
Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt
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 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 constellation Coma 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 (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone
Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great. and mother of Herod Agrippa I
Berenice (28–?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod of Chalcis till 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother Agrippa II
Berenice (after 50–?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem
Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century martyrs
Berenice of Chios (d. 72/71 BC), third wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
Bérénice Bejo (born 1976), French-Argentine actress
Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
Bérénice Marlohe (born 1979), French actress
Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
Berenice (play) (1670), a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine
Berenice (opera) (1709), an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel
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