So what else.....?
- Balendin (bah-len-deen, Basque)--form of Valentine
- Bastian (BAST-yen, English)
- Benaiah (ben-EYE-ah, ben-AY-ah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"God has built"
- Benedetto (beh-neh-DET-toh, Italian)--form of Benedict. Other forms include Benas (Lithuanian), Benedek (Hungarian), Benedito (Portuguese), Benito (Spanish, Italian), & Benoit (French)
- Bengeir (BEN-gire, Old Norse)
- Benhail (ben-HAY-il, ben-HYE-il, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"son of might"
- Benigno (beh-NEEG-no, Spanish, Portuguese; beh-NEEN-yoh, Italian)--from Latin, "kind"
- Beñat (ben-yaht, Basque)--form of Bernard
- Benno (BEN-noh, German)--from Germanic, "bear"
- Bentein (BEN-tine, Norwegian)
- Ebenezer (eh-ben-EE-zer, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Esben (ES-ben, Danish, Norwegian)--from Old Norse, "god-bear"
- Iben (EE-ben, Norwegian)--short form of Ibenhard/Ebenhard
- Kolben (KOL-ben, [archaic] Swedish)--another form is Kulben (archaic Danish) [coincides with the German word for 'piston']
- Preben (PRAY-ben, Danish)--from Slavic, "first battle"
- Reuben (ROO-ben, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Torben (TOR-ben, Danish)
I can't believe you left out Benjiro!
ReplyDeletePreben is kind of cool
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