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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Benny m for the male version.
1) Short form of names beginning with Ben-, especially Bente and Benedikte (see Benedicta) [1] [2] [3]
2) Short form of names beginning with Bern-, especially Bernhardine [1]
Benna | ♀ |
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Benni | ♀ |
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Bennie | ♀ |
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Benny | ♀ |
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Benný | ♀ |
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Name Element |
Example |
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EY | see Benney |
SY | see Bensy |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Benny |
Genitive: | Bennys |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Benny |
Genitive: | Bennys |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Benny |
Genitive: | Bennys |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
20 December |
In Norway, Benny is only allowed as a first name together with another female name, which is more common [1]
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[5] |
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6247 | 10391 | 12 | 26 | 6235 | 10365 |
Denmark[6] |
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7067 | n.a. |
100 | n.a. |
6967 | n.a. |
Finland[7] |
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n.a. |
497 | n.a. |
3 | n.a. |
494 |
Greenland[8] |
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20 | 40 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[9] |
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1 | 7 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
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363 | n.a. |
81 | n.a. |
282 | n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
No recent statistics trend found in databases for Benny.