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Across the world, Benoni (Benoni , Bénoni ) is quite a rare predominantly male, but scarcely feminine forename. The first name Benoni is habitual in Romania, where it is quite a rare male name, Belgium, where it is a rare male name, and Ghana. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Brazil, and Romania. Very seldom, Benoni is the last name as well as the forename.
Benoni is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bénoni , the operatic character in the opera La reine de Saba by Charles Gounod.