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Beniamino

English translation/equivalent: Benjamin

Origin: Derived from the Hebrew Binyamin and interpreted in the Bible as "son of the right," or "lucky, fortunate." In Italian it is interpreted as "to prefer, to have a preference for."

Name Day/Onomastico: March 31—in honor of the deacon St. Benjamin, martyred in Persia in 424.

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