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Benjamina

31 replies

Endonia · 11/11/2018 14:03

Any opinions on Benjamina? Considering adding it to our list.

I think Benji is a sweet nickname for a girl.

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dalmatianmad · 11/11/2018 21:08

Dreadful, please don't inflict that on your child 😕

VenusInSpurs · 11/11/2018 21:12

No.
It is too much a derivative of a male name. Like ‘Davida’.
Give your Dd a name in its own right.

lebkuchenlover · 11/11/2018 21:18

Benji is cute for a little girl.

Benjamina is unusual but quite pretty actually. Like Georgina or Thomasina

Endonia · 11/11/2018 21:19

Those sorts of names, like Thomasina, Wilhelmina etc always make me wonder whether the parents were secretly hoping for a boy

It’s strange, because I really dislike Thomasina/Wilhelmina, but really like Benjamina!

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DramaAlpaca · 11/11/2018 21:26

I really don't like Benjamina, it's too much.

A possible suggestion, and I can't say it's a name I like, but I know a couple of Bernadettes who go by Ben and were occasionally Benji in childhood.

HurricaneHalle · 11/11/2018 21:33

Don't do it.

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