August 9
Why this day? Ben is a short form of Benedetta, and shares its name day.
Ben is celebrated in France, the United States, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Germany on March 31; Italy on August 9.
Ben is a short form of Benedetta. It keeps its origin (Latin) and meaning — blessed, sacred, and shares its name day, August 9.
On birth records, Ben is rarely written as such: the Bens are Benedettas (32,437 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Benedetta page. Ben is also a short form of Ruben, Benjamin.
Ben is a short form of Benedetta, which means blessed, sacred.
August 9, together with Benedetta: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Benedetta.
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