Bien-Aime

surname · Latin script

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

/ˈbɪnəaɪm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bien-Aime is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Haiti than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 146K(measured from records)
  • HTHaiti≈1 in 2.9K
  • DMDominica1 in 74K

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.

Haiti (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,900 people, est.

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

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

Haiti, 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:

Locally spelled Bienaime in US United States, MA Morocco.

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)

Derivation of Bien-Aime: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Bien-Aime
  1. FrenchBienaimé(measured from records)
  2. French rootbien-aimé“beloved”(measured from records)

Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bien-Aime 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 Bien-Aime is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HT Haiti#241≈3,900 est.≈1 in 2.9KlistedBien-Aime13
US United States—2,2771 in 146K3KBienAime176
CA Canada—≈89 est.≈1 in 422K—Bien-Aime32
FR France—≈87 est.≈1 in 775K306—3
MA Morocco—≈47 est.≈1 in 762K—BienAime2
BE Belgium—321 in 366K32—2
DM Dominica—11 in 74K1—1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 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)

Bien-Aime is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Argentina

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written BienAime, Bienaimé, Bien-Aimé, Bien-Aimè, Bienaimè

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bienaimé, BienAime, Bien-Aimé

  • Hindi surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written BienAime, Bienaimé, Bien-Aimé

  • Swahili surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written BienAime, Bienaimè, Bien-Aimè, Bien-Aimé, Bienaimé

  • Arabic surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco

    Also written BienAime, Bien-Aimé, Bienaimé, Bién-Áimé

  • Chinese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written BienAime

29 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Bien-Aime,
InformalHi Bien-Aime,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Bien-Aime
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198118—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19715—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19512—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19212—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19012—
DM DominicaDominica — Revised List of Electors May 202520251#226
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bien-Aime mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Bien-Aime?
A machine transcription gives /ˈbɪnəaɪm/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Bien-Aime have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.9 thousand people named Bien-Aime in Haiti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bien-aime.
How common is the name Bien-Aime?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,277 people named Bien-Aime in 2010, about 1 in 146 thousand residents.
How common is Bien-Aime compared with other names?
In Haiti, Bien-Aime is the 241st most common surname of 1,519 surnames 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, “Bien-Aime” — the 241st most common surname in Haiti. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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