English translation/equivalent: Benigna

Origin: Name is derived from the Latin Benìgnus meaning "kindly, benevolent."

Name Day/Onomastico: June 20—in memory of St. Benigna, martyred in Gallia.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Benigno

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