Bennie

Gender: 
Male

Meanings:

  • Form of names beginning with “Ben”: Benedict (blessed one—Latin); Benjamin (son of the right hand—Hebrew; Old Testament); Bennett (little blessed one—Latin-French).
  • Form of Beni: Namesake of one’s uncle, the brother of one’s mother (BAY-nee—Mandinka, West Africa).
  • Form of Beni: Opponent, foe (BAY-nee—Kongo, Central Africa).
  • Form of Beni: Place name—town in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo near the Uganda border (BAY-nee).