Bénie

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Bénie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country, where it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: feminine singular of béni.

rarermore common
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 2.7K
  • CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 14K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈44,000 people, est.

Sources
76 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Kinshasa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Benie in CI Côte d’Ivoire, CD Congo - Kinshasa, US United States and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine singular of béni

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bénie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bénie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#28≈44,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Benie11
PH Philippines—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 52K—Benie3
CG Congo - Brazzaville#42≈2,000 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Benie5
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 14K2.3KBenie10
CM Cameroon—≈240 est.≈1 in 117K—Bénie1
US United States—1761 in 1.9M98Benie24
CF Central African Republic—≈61 est.≈1 in 99K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ANE — Liste provisoire des candidats (legislatives & regionales 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bénie is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Benie, Bènie, Benié, Bénié

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Benie, Bènie, Bénié

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Benie, Benié, Bénié

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Benie, Bènie

  • Greek given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Benie, Bènie

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan

    Also written Benie

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar

    Also written Benie, Bẻnie

3 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Bénie under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bénie mean, and where does it come from?
feminine singular of béni Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Bénie a male or female name?
Bénie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Bénie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 44 thousand people named Bénie in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benie.
How common is the name Bénie?
In the United States, the national register counted 176 people named Bénie in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
How common is Bénie compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Bénie is the 28th most common given name of 20,652 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bénie” — the 28th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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