Bena
See also: bena and béna
English
Etymology 1
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Noun
Bena (plural Benas or Bena)
- A member of a people who live north of Lake Nyasa.
Proper noun
Bena
- The Bantu language of this people.
Etymology 2
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Italian Benà, a reduced form of the medieval personal name Benenato.
- Borrowed from Hungarian Béna, a nickname from béna (“lame”).
- Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Béňa, a diminutive of Benedikt.
Proper noun
Bena (plural Benas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bena is the 38850th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 568 individuals. Bena is most common among White (69.37%) and Hispanic/Latino (25.7%) individuals.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Bena, yun
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135.
Anagrams
- Bane, Bean, bane, bean, nabe