Bernice (given name)
Bernice | |
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Gender | usually female |
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Related names | Berenice, Veronica, Bernie |
Bernice is a given name. Some notable individuals with the name include:
- Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I) (28 AD-?), spelled "Bernice" in the New Testament
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1831-1884), a Hawaiian princess
- Bernice Gera (1931-1992), the first female umpire in professional baseball
- Bernice King (born 1963), Baptist minister and daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King
- Bernice Neugarten (1916-2001), professor and researcher in the field of aging
- Bernice Petkere (1901–2000), American songwriter dubbed the "Queen of Tin Pan Alley" by Irving Berlin
- Bernice Rubens (1928–2004), Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist
- Bernice F. Sisk (1910-1995), American Democratic Congressman from California
Fictional characters
- Bernice Clasky, in the Adam Sandler movie "Spanglish"
- Bernice Clifton, in the TV series Designing Women
- Bernice Fish, in the TV series Fish
- Bernice Halper, the title character's best friend in the Luann comic strip.
- Bernice Hibbert, a recurring character on The Simpsons TV show
- Bernice Summerfield, a companion of the seventh Dr. Who in novels
- Bernice Thomas, from the British soap opera Emmerdale
- Bernice Waverley, in the Australian TV drama series City Homicide
See also
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