Benign Forename

1,688,769th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Botswana

Benign Forename Definition:

A. A female name. from the Latin benignus, courteous, favourable, frank and free, goodnatured, débonnaire.

Benign Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
80%
 
111:9,637,225138,004
Tanzania
100%
61:8,798,05338,955
Nigeria
75%
 
41:44,391,090271,718
Argentina
100%
31:14,257,74823,489
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
United States-21:181,268,488793,593
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Senegal-11:14,581,35634,505
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731

Benign (10) may also be a surname.

Benign Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A. A female name. from the Latin benignus, courteous, favourable, frank and free, goodnatured, débonnaire.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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