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♀ Benny (girl)
What does Benny mean?
Benny 
as a girls' name (also used more widely as boys' name Benny) means "blessed; strong, brave bear". Benny is an alternate spelling of Benita (Spanish, Latin): feminine respelling of Benedict. Benny is also a derivative of Bernadette (French, Old German): feminine of Bernard.
Variations
VARIANTS Binny, Binnie, Benoite, Bennie▼, Benni
RELATED FORMS VIA BENITA, BERNADETTE Bera, Berna, Bernee, Bernie, Bernina, Berny
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Beny, ..
(male) Benly, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Benny Raegan (B.R.), ..
How popular is Benny?
Benny is an uncommon given name for women but a very popular last name for all people (#22461 out of 150436, Top 15%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Benny (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000 are Bernadette (#1268 VIA LATEST LIST), Benita, Bennie, Bera, Berna and Bernie. These forms of Benny were at the apex of their popularity in the 1940s (MEDIAN #1171) and have become much less popular since. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Benny is alike in pronunciation to Banee, Bena, Bianey, Bina, Binah, Bogna, Bonie, Bonnee, Bonney, Bonni, Bonnie▼, Bonny▼, Buena, Buna, Bunnee, Bunni, Bunnie, Bunny and Byna. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Anny, Becky▼, Bente, Bently, Berni, Berry, Berty, Bessy, Bethy, Betsy▼, Betty▼, Bevvy, Bindy, Blinny, Bonne, Brenn, Brenna▼, Brenne, Bretny (see Brittany), Briny, Bronny, Bunty, Cinny, Conny, Danny, Denny, Dinny, Donny, Fanny▼, Genny, Ginny, Gwenny, Hanny, Janny, Jenny▼, Jinny, Konny, Lanny, Minny, Nanny, Penny▼, Peony, Renny, Ronny, Sanny, Sinny, Sunny▲, Vinny and Winny. These names tend to be more commonly used than Benny.
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