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Benoni

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish

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Origin and Meaning

From the Hebrew name בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-'oniy) meaning 'son of sorrows' [1] [2]

First element (Ben-):

Hebrew ben = 'son'

Last element (-oni):

Hebrew oni = 'sorrows'

Related Names

Benoni ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Benóní ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic
Benoný ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic
Benóný ♂
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Icelandic

See also Ben

For female forms see Benonia, Benonette

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Benonisen Norway
Benonissen Norway
Benonissøn Norway
Benonisøn Norway

Female

Benonidatter Norway
Benonisdatter Norway

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Benoni
Genitive: Benonis
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Benoni
Genitive: Benonin
Partitive: Benonia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Benoni
Genitive: Benonis
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Benoni
Genitive: Benonis

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Bible

In the Old Testament, Benjamin was named Benoni until his father changed it.

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 15 people were named Benoni (percentage of first or only given name: 7 %) [5]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[6]
4 13 0 0 4 13
Finland Finland[7]
n.a.
 10 0 0
n.a.
 10
Denmark Denmark[8]
4
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 4
n.a.
Norway Norway[9]
15
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 15
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[10]
0 1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[11]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
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 Benoni.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
  3. ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
  4. ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  9. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  10. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  11. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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