Given name & surname · also German
Benne
Benne is a surname from German, ultimately from French.
Original GermanBenedikt
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Benne comes from German, and ultimately from French.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1942. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 751 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Benne’s family of names
In German usage, Benne is a diminutive of Benedikt. In English usage, Benne as a surname has a related form in Benn.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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