Benita
A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning blessed; feminine form of Benito.
Benita by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Benita. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 479 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Benita. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bonitapretty; lovely8 in the US (2017)
- Bernitabrave as a bear; a form of Bernadette
- Bintadaughter14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Beritcovenant; a form of Bertha or Brit11 in the US (2017)
- Beatablessed; happy4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Beneditablessed; feminine form of Benedict8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a blessing
Like Benita, each of these has a blessing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Benita
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