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Female version

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daisychains120 · 02/08/2020 10:59

Are there any female forms of Benjamin?

I can't really find anything other than Benjamina or Mina and I don't really like them!

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FelicityPike · 02/08/2020 11:22

@Merrilymerrilymerrily

Theodora /Thea (nn Teddy) like Teddy is a nickname for Ben?
How in the great wide somewhere is Teddy a nickname for Ben/Benjamin? Teddy is a diminutive of Edward!!
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daisychains120 · 02/08/2020 11:19

I suppose it doesn't need to be a direct female form, just something slightly linked

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GetOffTheFrog · 02/08/2020 11:17

Sorry, re-read and realise you don't like Mina!

GetOffTheFrog · 02/08/2020 11:13

Jemima or Mina?

milienhaus · 02/08/2020 11:12

I like Jemima!

@Merrilymerrilymerrily why is Teddy a nickname for Ben?

Merrilymerrilymerrily · 02/08/2020 11:10

Theodora /Thea (nn Teddy) like Teddy is a nickname for Ben?

daisypond · 02/08/2020 11:09

Benjamin means “son of”, though, so there will never be a female form of it. Not that it will stop people trying. You’ll have more luck with forms of Benedict, which has a different root.

honeybmain · 02/08/2020 11:06

I think my favourite is Jemina / Jamina
It doesn’t have the ‘Ben’ bit though x

dancemom · 02/08/2020 11:06

Jemima?

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daisychains120 · 02/08/2020 11:04

Thank you, I've searched so so many times but can't find anything I love and I'm getting annoyed! Grin

Really hoping something will grow on me or someone will pull something unexpected out of the woodwork

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honeybmain · 02/08/2020 11:03

Just copied and pasted from a website haha

Benaetha Beneatha Benedetta Benedicta Bénédicte Benedikte
Benedita Beneve Benevolence Benicia Benita Benja
Benna Bennett Bennie Bente Bentley Bentlie

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