Meaning of the nameBenigna

Female
Latin origin
Be-nig-na

Benigna is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Benigno, which comes from the Latin adjective benignus, 'kind, friendly'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Benigno, from Latin benignus, 'kind, friendly'”

Source: Behind the Name: Benigno · Wiktionary: benignus

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People (2022): 1,271
Rank in Brazil: #7,050
Median age: 68 years
2010 Census: 1,851; people

Benigna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Benigna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (274 people).

1,266 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Benigna is most common

States with the highest share of people named Benigna in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	192	0.000%
Bahia	155	0.001%
Minas Gerais	124	0.001%
Pernambuco	94	0.001%
Paraíba	82	0.002%
Pará	65	0.001%
Ceará	62	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	56	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	55	0.002%
Maranhão	50	0.001%
Sergipe	40	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	34	0.000%
Piauí	31	0.001%
Santa Catarina	30	0.000%
Paraná	26	0.000%
Goiás	25	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	24	0.001%
Mato Grosso	22	0.001%
Alagoas	22	0.001%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Amazonas	21	0.001%
Tocantins	20	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Benigna

Behind the Name presents Benigna as the feminine form of Benigno, a name that comes from Latin Benignus, 'kind, friendly'. Wiktionary defines the Latin adjective benignus as 'kind, good, friendly, pleasant' and analyzes it, by the structure of the word, as bene, 'well', plus -gnus, 'born'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also lists Benigna as a variant of Benigno, from Latin benignus, and classifies it as a name of learned use. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,271 people named Benigna, with a median age of 68; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The name is almost always female and appears mostly among people born before 1970.

Sources

Behind the Name: Benigna · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Benigno · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: benignus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Benigna · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Benigna

What does the name Benigna mean?

Benigna means “feminine form of Benigno, from Latin benignus, 'kind, friendly'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Benigna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,271 people with the first name Benigna, which ranks it number 7,050 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Benigna a boy's or a girl's name?

Benigna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,266 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Benigna?

Benigna is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Benigna most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Benigna (155 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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