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benignuman
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Shmendrick,

“Beribi” is not a first name. It is short for “ben Rebbi.”

I have long maintained that the only person you find in the Torah giving a double name is Paroah, who gave Yosef the name Tzofnas Poneach. Clearly giving two names is a goyishe zach.