Traditional Benin Names

Classic and timeless names from Benin's heritage

Showing 1–48 of 74 names

We asked for her and behold, she is ours

Born into wealth and honor

noble kind, noble nature

Born on Monday

Living, alive, prosperous

priceless, inestimable

Great, magnificent, venerable

Joy comes home

Joy or happiness

Father has returned / Father is here again

blessed

Brave as a bear

to lisp, stammer

heavenly, celestial

bearer of Christ

famous battle

Yoruba, Igbo, Sanskrit

Curly-haired child; father; elder sister

Follower of Dionysus

desired, longed for

Ewe (Gbe languages)

God has returned

Father

Rival, eager, or industrious

Person of wealth, person of honor

well-pleasing, excellent

Captivating, abstinent, she who abstains

Captivating; one who abstains

Happiness, good fortune

Crown of honor

French, Germanic

From Gascony, a region in southwestern France; 'guest' or 'stranger'

Carry me to the top

Life is good

Honored, respectable

The god has been honored

Child born after twins

A good thing, beautiful thing

Faith

Provençal, Hebrew

pledged to God

He will laugh

God will add; a French variant of Josephine, meaning 'He will add' or 'increase'.

youthful, downy-bearded

Yoruba, Egyptian, Japanese

Care for me; God's crown; born in the harvest season

Born on Friday

born on Friday

Born on Sunday

Brave people, bold people

blackbird

Proto-Indo-European

Mother, matriarch

Little warrior; young warrior

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