Benilde

ben-NIL-duh

French variation of Latin

"good"

Benilde Origin and Meaning

The name Benilde is a girl's name of French origin meaning "good".

The strong and unusual name of a medieval (male) saint and a contemporary (female) novelist, Benilde Little.

20 Names Similar to Benilde

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• Eldora
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Famous People Named Benilde

• St. Bénilde (born Pierre Romançon) a 19th,century Catholic saint
• St. Benildis (French: Bénilde) of Cordoba a Christian woman martyred in the year 853 in Muslim,ruled Spain
• Benilde Little novelist

Benilde in Pop Culture

• The saint is known as Benilda in Spanish. It comes from the old Germanic name Bernhild meaning "bear battle," but folk etymology likes to connect this name to the same Latin source as Benedict, thus giving it the meaning of "good." This meaning and etymology, however, are mere wishful thinking.