Benigne

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Benigne is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Burundi than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BIBurundi≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GLGreenland≈1 in 40K
  • DKDenmark1 in 367K

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.

Burundi (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,100 people, est.

Sources
79 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Burundi, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benigne 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 Benigne is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BI Burundi≈4,100 est.≈1 in 2.9K1—2
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈260 est.≈1 in 395Klisted—2
FR France≈61 est.≈1 in 1.1MlistedBenigne79
DK Denmark161 in 367K16——
SE Sweden81 in 1.3M8—3
GL Greenland≈1 est.≈1 in 40K46——

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: Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025; the wgnd-cd-names register. 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)

Benigne is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénigne

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénigne

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénigne

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénigne

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénigne

19 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Benigne is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, benignly, kindly, benevolently

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Obsolete spelling of benign.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, feminine plural of benigno

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, kind, gentle, mild

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

150016001700180019002000Bénigne Poissenot, b. 1537Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, b. 1626Bénigne Basset Des Lauriers, b. 1628Bénigne Dujardin, b. 1689Claude Bénigne Lompré, b. 1745Bénigne Gagneraux, b. 1756Emmanuel Miller, b. 1812Paul Joanne, b. 1847Henri-François Delaborde, b. 1854Raymond Oursel, b. 1921

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Benigne
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201363—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201263—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201162—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201461—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201559—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201658—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201757—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201856—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)201952—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)202050—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)202146—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—16#5,816

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Benigne have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.1 thousand people named Benigne in Burundi, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Benigne?
In Denmark, the national register counted 16 people named Benigne, about 1 in 367 thousand residents.

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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, “Benigne”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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