Meaning and background
The story behind Benjie
Benjie has a well-documented basketball association through Benjie Paras of the Philippine Basketball Association. The league’s own retrospective recalls his Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player season in 1989, followed by another MVP award in 1999. Those achievements identify a particular sporting namesake for this spelling. They do not supply a dictionary meaning for Benjie or establish a relationship to a longer given name.
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- Benjie has a well-documented basketball association through Benjie Paras of the Philippine Basketball Association. Source
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Benjie appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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