Meanings
- A female given name from Spanish.
Benita Valente was born on Oct. 19, 1934, in Delano, Calif., in the San Joaquin Valley, where her parents owned a dairy farm and grew cotton.
2025 October 25, Jonathan Kandell, “Benita Valente, Acclaimed Bel Canto Soprano, Is Dead at 91”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 20252 more examples
Benita Bischoff, the 16-year-old daughter of Vivian Gordon, the vice inquiry witness who was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park, committed suicide in Audubon, N.J., yesterday by inhaling gas.
1931 March 4, “Daughter Ends Life over Gordon Murder. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCThe chapel of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest was the setting yesterday afternoon for the wedding of Miss Benita Parker Bryant and Peter Brian Trinkle. The couple’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. Parker Bryant of Palm Beach, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Trinkle of Fareham, Hampshire, England.
1967 August 27, “Benita Bryant Married To Peter Brian Trinkle”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
- SpanishBenita
- SpanishBenita
- EnglishBenita
Borrowed from Spanish Benita.
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Benita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benita
“Benita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Benita. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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