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Benedetta of Cagliari, queen regnant of the Sardinian kingdoms of Cagliari and Arborea.
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Benedetta Cappa (1897 – 1977) was an Italian futurist artist who has had retrospectives at the Walker Art Center and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Her work fits within the second phase of Italian Futurism.
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Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni (1793 – 1872) was an Italian opera singer. She was a soprano who later became a contralto. Active on the operatic stage from 1811 to 1831, she suffered from smallpox in the early years of her career which caused a change (downward) in her extended vocal range.
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Apparently also occasionally used in Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetta
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It’s funny to read that this name is nice and easy to pronounce. My name is Benedetta and I have lived in London for a while. The only people who pronounce it well straight away are Spanish and Romanian only :)
For most English speakers the pronunciation is “Benadita” or “Bernadetta”. For this reason I don’t think it is actually easy to pronounce and that is why I ask people to call me by my nickname.
Important thing to mention regards the nickname. Bettina is not used much from what I know, not even in Italy. My nickname is “Bene” (pronounced with Italian, not English, “e”) but I know other women named Benedetta who like to be called “Benny”.
I hope this is useful.
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For most English speakers the pronunciation is “Benadita” or “Bernadetta”. For this reason I don’t think it is actually easy to pronounce and that is why I ask people to call me by my nickname.
Important thing to mention regards the nickname. Bettina is not used much from what I know, not even in Italy. My nickname is “Bene” (pronounced with Italian, not English, “e”) but I know other women named Benedetta who like to be called “Benny”.
I hope this is useful.
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Also Corsican: http://www.corsicami.com/corse%20prenoms/prenoms_corses_m03.htm
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Great name! I love Italian names!
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I think this name can be a good choice for couples that had difficulty with having a child (I think it has a beautiful meaning and it also gives good luck). I think it's also an easy name to pronounce.
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Bette, Betty, Nettie, Netta and Detta are potential nicknames.
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My sister is named after our paternal great grandmother Benedetta from Sicily. They Americanized her birth name as "Banadita". We have a nickname of "Bonnie".
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I love this name. It has a beautiful meaning, sounds nice when you say it, and looks pretty written down. It doesn't have the harshness of the "ct" in Benedicta.
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Means blessed or the benediction.
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Pronounced:
Ben(like the boys name) e(short e) det(with a short e) ta(with a short a)
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Ben(like the boys name) dee(with long e) ta(short a) (this is the way my name is pronounced but if you were to travel into non US countries-Italy, where the name is still used-it would be pronounced the first way)
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Ben(like the boys name) e(short e) det(with a short e) ta(with a short a)
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Ben(like the boys name) dee(with long e) ta(short a) (this is the way my name is pronounced but if you were to travel into non US countries-Italy, where the name is still used-it would be pronounced the first way)
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From personal experience-it is a rather hard name to live with. I have always had my name mispronounced-sometimes accidently, sometimes purposely! I am most commonly called Bernadette. It is a name that is hard on a child but is constantly admired by everyone who hears it (now that I am an adult, I hear compliments about it being a beautiful name almost non-stop). An easier way to go is to adopt a nickname with this name-I use variations of Bennie.
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