Bintou is a girl's name of African origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 34 girls in the United States.
Bintou belongs to the African tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Bintou first appears in Social Security records in 1994. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4194 in 2024, and in 2024 34 babies received the name — 577 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Bintou is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its African origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Bintou is a girl name. In 2024, 34 babies received the name in the US.
Bintou comes from the African tradition.
Bintou first appears in US records in 1994. Its best-ever ranking was #4194 in 2024, and 34 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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