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Bina (female)

Diminutive for:Albina (F) Robina (F) Sabina (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

1. Jewish, either from the Yiddish for "bee" or from the Hebrew word meaning "understanding".

2. English and Scottish diminutive for forenames ending in -bina [see above].
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