Berenice or Berenike is the Ancient Macedonian

Ancient Macedonians

The Macedonians originated from inhabitants of the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, in the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios...

 form for Attic Greek

Attic Greek

Attic Greek is the prestige dialect of Ancient Greek that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek, and is the standard form of the language studied in courses of "Ancient Greek". It is sometimes included in Ionic.- Origin and range...

 Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), meaning "bearer of victory", from φέρω (pherō) "to bear" + νίκη (nikē) "victory". Berenika priestess of Demeter

Demeter

In Greek mythology, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains, the fertility of the earth, and the seasons . Her common surnames are Sito as the giver of food or corn/grain and Thesmophoros as a mark of the civilized existence of agricultural society...

 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":

• Several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens as well as royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt:
  • Berenice I of Egypt
    Berenice I of Egypt
    Berenice I was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and through her marriage to Ptolemy I Soter, became the first Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.-Family:...
    
    , mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
  • Berenice (Seleucid queen)
    Berenice (Seleucid queen)
    Berenice, also called Berenice Syra, was the daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife Arsinoe I of Egypt.In 261 BC she married the Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos, who, following an agreement with Ptolemy , had divorced his wife Laodice I and transferred the succession to...
    
    , daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
  • Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
    Coma Berenices
    Coma Berenices is a traditional asterism that has since been defined as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located near Leo, to which it formerly belonged, and accommodates the North Galactic Pole...
    
    
  • Berenice III of Egypt
    Berenice III of Egypt
    Berenice III , sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I....
    
    , daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
  • Berenice IV of Egypt
    Berenice IV of Egypt
    Berenice IV Epiphaneia born and died in Alexandria, Egypt. She was a Greek Princess of the Ptolemaic dynasty. Berenice was the daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes and probably Cleopatra V Tryphaena, sister of the famous Cleopatra VII , Arsinoe IV, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. Berenice loved...
    
    , daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
  • Berenice A, daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II
  • Berenice B, probable daughter of Ptolemy VIII and wife of Pasherenptah (high priest of Ptah)
  • Berenice C, descendant of Ptolemy VIII (great-great-granddaughter)
  • Berenice, great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone

• Judean princesses:
  • Berenice (daughter of Salome)
    Berenice (daughter of Salome)
    Berenice was the daughter of Salome I, sister of Herod the Great. She married her cousin Aristobulus who was executed by his father in 6 BC; she was accused of complicity in his murder...
    
    , daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great
  • Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)
  • Berenice (daughter of Mariamne)
    Berenice (daughter of Mariamne)
    Berenice was the daughter of Mariamne, daughter of Herod Agrippa I, and Julius Archealus. She was born sometime after 50 AD. After her parents had divorced, she lived with her mother in Alexandria....
    
    , daughter of Mariamne, a daughter of Herod Agrippa I

• Saints:
  • Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica
    Saint Veronica
    Saint Veronica or Berenice, according to the "Acta Sanctorum" published by the Bollandists , was a pious woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead...
    
    , saint from Jerusalem
  • Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce
    Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce
    Saint Domnina and her daughters Berenice and Prosdoce are venerated as Christian martyrs by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches....
    
    , 4th century martyrs

• Others:
  • Berenice of Chios
    Berenice of Chios
    Berenice of Chios was an obscure Greek noblewoman from the Greek island of Chios and was the third wife of King Mithridates VI of Pontus....
    
    , one of the wives of Mithridates VI of Pontus
    Mithridates VI of Pontus
    Mithridates VI or Mithradates VI Mithradates , from Old Persian Mithradatha, "gift of Mithra"; 134 BC – 63 BC, also known as Mithradates the Great and Eupator Dionysius, was king of Pontus and Armenia Minor in northern Anatolia from about 120 BC to 63 BC...