Given name
Bénigne
“well-born”
Bénigne is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bénigne goes back to Latin Benignus, meaning “well-born.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bénigne’s family of names
In French usage, Bénigne has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Benigno. In French usage, Bénigne has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form BENIGNUS.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bénigne has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bénigne
- Bénigne GagnerauxFrench painter (1756-1795)
- Bénigne PoissenotFrench writer1537–1587
- Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-MarsFrench prison governor1626–1708
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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