Meaning of the nameNice

Nice is a Brazilian female name, a diminutive of Cleonice, a name of Greek origin formed from 'glory' and 'victory'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Cleonice, a name formed from 'glory' and 'victory'”

Source: Wiktionary: Nice · Behind the Name: Cleonice

People (2022): 5,362
Rank in Brazil: #2,615
Median age: 56 years
2010 Census: 7,484; people

Nice in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nice, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,195 people).

5,319 women 43 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Nice is most common

States with the highest share of people named Nice in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
Bahia 0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
São Paulo 0.003%
Goiás 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,437	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	641	0.004%
Minas Gerais	554	0.003%
Bahia	535	0.004%
Paraná	346	0.003%
Goiás	223	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	221	0.002%
Pernambuco	161	0.002%
Pará	149	0.002%
Santa Catarina	126	0.002%
Mato Grosso	115	0.003%
Ceará	114	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	102	0.004%
Maranhão	97	0.001%
Amazonas	91	0.002%
Espírito Santo	85	0.002%
Distrito Federal	78	0.003%
Alagoas	48	0.002%
Rondônia	40	0.003%
Sergipe	34	0.002%
Paraíba	32	0.001%
Piauí	29	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	29	0.001%
Acre	23	0.003%
Tocantins	21	0.001%
Amapá	18	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Nice

Wiktionary lists Nice as a diminutive of the female name Cleonice. Behind the Name explains Cleonice as a Latinized form of Greek Kleonike, from kleos, 'glory', and nike, 'victory'. Wiktionary also gives another entry, for Nice as a female name borrowed from Latin and from Greek Níkē, the goddess of victory. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,362 people named Nice. The 1960s and 1970s account for the largest number of women born with this name, which is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nice · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Cleonice · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Nice

What does the name Nice mean?

Nice means “diminutive of Cleonice, a name formed from 'glory' and 'victory'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Nice in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,362 people with the first name Nice, which ranks it number 2,615 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Nice a boy's or a girl's name?

Nice is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,319 women and 43 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nice?

Nice is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nice most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.004% of the state's population is named Nice (641 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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