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Benita - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Benita

[ 3 syll. be-ni-ta, ben-ita ] The girl name Benita is pronounced BahNIYTah KEY. Benita has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the English and Spanish languages. Benita is a form of the English and German Benedicta. A variant of Benita is the English and Spanish pet form Nita.

Benita is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1961, 0.023% of baby girls were given the name Benita. It had a ranking of #445 then. The baby name has substantially declined in popularity since then, and is of only irregular use now. Out of all girl names in its family, Benita was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Benita include the Indian Banita, the English Bennedette, the French Benoite, the French Benoîte, the English and Spanish Bonita, the Italian Benedetta, the Portuguese Benedita, the English Bennedett, the Indian Bhanumati, the English Bindy, the name Binti, the Scandinavian Bente, and the Dutch Benthe.

KEY: Pronunciation for Benita: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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