# Bienaime (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bienaime/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,277 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,376 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 135,593 people |
| Change since 2000 | +71% (1,332 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Bienaimé, from bien-aimé (“beloved”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bienaime in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 1.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Benham, Bowman, Bauman, Bynum, Baumann, Bohannon, Bonham, Beeman, Beaman, Bannon, Beamon, Bonin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.