Benvenuto

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Benvenuto

Say it: ben-veh-NOO-toh

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Meaning

From Italian benvenuto 'welcome'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Italian

Famous bearers

Benvenuto Cellini, goldsmith and sculptor

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

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