Benjamin as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Benjamin

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The baby name Benjamin is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪn/ (BEN-jə-min).

Benjamin is Hebrew in Origin.

Gender: Male

Syllables: 3.0

Origin: Hebrew

Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪn/ (BEN-jə-min)

What is the meaning of the name Benjamin ?

The baby name Benjamin is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɛn.dʒə.mɪn/ (BEN-jə-min).

Benjamin is Hebrew in Origin.

Benjamin is a Hebrew name from Binyamin (ben, “son” + yamin, “right hand/south”), usually interpreted as “son of the right hand,” hence “favored son.” In Genesis, Rachel dies naming her newborn Ben-oni (“son of my sorrow”); Jacob renames him Benjamin. As the youngest son of Jacob and progenitor of the Tribe of Benjamin - home to King Saul - the name carries associations of privilege, resilience, and youthful belovedness.

Via the Septuagint and Vulgate, Benjamin entered Christian Europe and remained popular among Jewish communities; it flourished in Puritan England and colonial America and ranks highly in modern Anglophone charts. Notable bearers include statesman Benjamin Franklin and British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli. Common diminutives are Ben, Benny, and Benji. International forms include Hebrew Binyamin; Arabic Binyāmīn; French Benjamin; Spanish Benjamín; Italian Beniamino; Russian Veniamin; Polish Beniamin; and Hungarian Benjámin.

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Name	Last Name(s)	Mother	Mother famous for	Fame Level	Father	Father famous for	Fame Level
Benjamin	Rein Brady	Gisele Bündchen	model	★★★★★
Benjamin	Briggs Goodrich	Olivia de Havilland	television actor	★★★★★
Benjamin	Keough	Lisa Marie Presley	television actor	★★★★★	Danny Keough	singer	★★★★★
Benjamin	B. Clark	Lynn Redgrave	television actor	★★★★★	John Clark	film director	★★★★★

Benjamin – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country	Gender	Year	Rank	Born	of
Ireland	Boys	2025	#1	—	836
Germany	Boys	2025	#1	—	423
NL	Boys	2014	#5	426	79
New Zealand	Boys	2010	#7	286	99
KR		0	#8	1	201
Canada	Boys	2024	#9	1,090	2,588
BF		0	#10	1	188
United States	Boys	2024	#11	9,814	7,044
KR	Girls	0	#15	1	572
BW		0	#18	2	960
BF	Boys	0	#21	6	439
HT	Girls	0	#23	1	950
GH	Boys	0	#24	2,350	8,138
Sweden	Boys	2022	#25	348	1,509
ET	Boys	0	#26	2	678
KR	Boys	0	#27	1	897
SV	Boys	0	#28	1	352
BI	Boys	0	#30	14	917
NA		0	#30	4	2,537
BN		0	#31	2	2,297
CM		0	#32	24	2,592
HT	Boys	0	#33	2	903
CL	Boys	0	#35	19,841	13,390
GH		0	#36	366	5,396
ID		0	#37	3	2,238
Austria	Boys	2024	#40	202	60
MT		0	#41	3	1,767
Norway	Boys	2025	#42	144	444
PR		0	#43	13	1,497
MO		0	#44	9	2,706
HN	Boys	0	#48	5	749
BW	Boys	0	#52	118	4,685
LU		0	#54	13	2,830
Switzerland	Boys	2024	#60	86	1,769
CY		0	#60	1	1,632
CN		0	#65	21	3,857
SI		0	#65	15	1,612
Germany	Boys	0	#66	9,420	5,697
DK	Boys	0	#66	841	7,401
SG		0	#66	269	11,010
JP		0	#67	11	4,057
Austria	Boys	0	#68	1,762	2,180
NG	Boys	0	#68	7,759	16,906
AO		0	#70	8	2,729
SG	Boys	0	#70	1,908	17,960
IN		0	#71	1	2,963
SI	Boys	0	#71	177	3,402
AL		0	#76	1	2,372
MV	Boys	0	#78	2	3,375
HU	Boys	0	#79	160	3,954
PH		0	#79	18	5,607
MD	Boys	0	#81	1	756
BG		0	#82	1	1,799
RS		0	#83	2	923
TW		0	#87	14	4,523
JM		0	#91	3	3,714
KZ		0	#93	2	1,452
NG		0	#93	199	5,926
AF	Girls	0	#94	1	2,402
NA	Boys	0	#94	162	6,830
PR	Boys	0	#94	97	2,508
HU		0	#99	16	1,675
CM	Boys	0	#100	1,300	12,054
Germany		0	#100	647	2,542
QA		0	#100	7	7,011
SD		0	#101	2	2,130
Austria		0	#106	125	850
AR	Boys	0	#109	1,723	7,628
GE	Boys	0	#110	1	2,055
PA	Boys	0	#110	980	9,305
DK		0	#111	107	5,198
PA		0	#111	20	3,797
OM		0	#114	8	6,215
France	Boys	2021	#116	475	2,865
EC		0	#117	5	2,502
ID	Boys	0	#117	15	4,130
KW		0	#118	4	5,216
BN	Boys	0	#120	14	6,332
Finland	Boys	2026	#120	4,486	3,552
EE	Boys	0	#122	4	2,087
CY	Boys	0	#123	9	3,473
Belgium	Boys	2024	#124	65	401
CL		0	#126	515	6,867
HR	Boys	0	#128	190	3,997
MX	Boys	0	#130	6,820	16,355
RS	Boys	0	#132	23	2,277
GR		0	#133	3	3,911
MU		0	#134	4	3,613
BO	Boys	0	#136	1,561	9,244
CR		0	#137	22	5,526
TW	Boys	0	#144	103	7,111
MT	Boys	0	#145	32	4,064
PH	Boys	0	#148	295	11,440
BW	Girls	0	#150	2	4,216
LT	Boys	0	#150	2	2,166
CN	Boys	0	#152	201	9,639
MT	Girls	0	#153	1	3,773
LU	Boys	0	#154	65	4,970
AE		0	#158	20	10,220
Finland	Boys	0	#160	439	2,041
GT	Boys	0	#161	696	7,625
HR		0	#161	19	2,081
PE	Boys	0	#162	3,333	14,506
MO	Boys	0	#165	59	5,842
AR		0	#172	15	2,915
UY	Boys	0	#173	440	5,922
SI	Girls	0	#175	3	2,769
CZ		0	#176	10	3,154
PS		0	#180	39	5,692
UY		0	#181	2	2,477
CO	Boys	0	#182	3,787	15,656
ZA	Boys	0	#189	3,437	25,619
RU		0	#191	4	3,641
BO		0	#195	210	6,868
EC	Boys	0	#198	42	3,322
AO	Boys	0	#206	37	5,568
Spain	Boys	0	#206	2,351	5,610
IL		0	#209	66	6,291
HK	Boys	0	#210	584	12,905
PL		0	#211	2	2,600
BG	Boys	0	#212	9	3,850
GT		0	#214	102	5,948
AO	Girls	0	#216	2	4,575
IR		0	#217	13	4,221
NL	Boys	0	#221	1,843	5,873
MY		0	#222	114	12,352
HU	Girls	0	#225	1	3,308
PE		0	#226	85	6,350
CR	Boys	0	#231	356	10,188
NA	Girls	0	#232	6	7,146
JM	Boys	0	#235	38	6,876
JP	Boys	0	#235	63	7,909
BD		0	#239	3	5,992
CZ	Boys	0	#239	66	6,530
PT		0	#248	3	4,161
GR	Boys	0	#253	15	6,912
MX		0	#258	164	8,339
MO	Girls	0	#262	2	7,056
MU	Boys	0	#263	96	8,477
HK		0	#265	85	8,483
Finland		0	#270	38	830
AF	Boys	0	#271	4	3,535
IL	Boys	0	#271	466	10,983
KZ	Boys	0	#275	15	6,578
NL		0	#275	119	2,481
JM	Girls	0	#276	3	7,507
SA		0	#277	19	10,560
France	Girls	1962	#282	3	1,192
Canada	Girls	2000	#288	5	2,355
AL	Boys	0	#288	11	5,122
GH	Girls	0	#291	34	6,973
HR	Girls	0	#294	1	3,687
PL	Boys	0	#294	42	6,459
PT	Boys	0	#305	63	7,951
ZA		0	#308	140	14,421
PS	Boys	0	#314	271	10,655
KZ	Girls	0	#332	1	5,862
BR		0	#336	10	5,969
Spain		0	#343	110	2,326
QA	Girls	0	#343	1	15,378
MY	Boys	0	#349	1,246	25,439
CZ	Girls	0	#351	1	5,378
CN	Girls	0	#359	1	8,829
PL	Girls	0	#364	1	5,096
SD	Boys	0	#373	73	10,523
JO	Boys	0	#387	3	7,057
CO		0	#393	88	7,768
YE		0	#394	5	8,639
EG		0	#405	8	6,387
BD	Girls	0	#406	1	8,413
OM	Girls	0	#418	7	15,987
IR	Boys	0	#421	135	10,162
RU	Boys	0	#421	85	12,621
PH	Girls	0	#427	3	13,098
PT	Girls	0	#471	1	7,952
NG	Girls	0	#481	355	15,093
LY		0	#486	50	12,703
GT	Girls	0	#494	12	7,500
BH		0	#501	53	17,937
PA	Girls	0	#511	8	9,861
QA	Boys	0	#516	192	18,093
CM	Girls	0	#517	24	11,671
RU	Girls	0	#521	3	11,913
IQ	Girls	0	#524	2	11,303
UY	Girls	0	#528	9	6,731
IR	Girls	0	#541	5	8,334
PS	Girls	0	#543	5	10,981
BD	Boys	0	#558	19	10,045
KW	Girls	0	#558	4	19,177
BR	Boys	0	#564	193	12,213
AR	Girls	0	#572	28	8,289
SG	Girls	0	#574	13	18,916
AE	Girls	0	#595	3	20,968
IT		0	#597	119	4,183
BO	Girls	0	#601	11	9,488
IT	Boys	0	#612	1,287	10,046
KW	Boys	0	#628	142	18,755
IQ	Boys	0	#640	28	13,071
IL	Girls	0	#643	3	11,648
LB		0	#644	15	13,263
HK	Girls	0	#646	5	16,104
IN	Girls	0	#648	7	13,121
CL	Girls	0	#696	156	14,098
Finland	Girls	2026	#730	9	3,895
AE	Boys	0	#750	356	22,615
SY		0	#761	7	11,684
OM	Boys	0	#764	118	17,948
EG	Boys	0	#785	102	15,035
TN		0	#794	36	13,765
Germany	Girls	0	#825	14	4,949
IN	Boys	0	#846	156	16,750
United States	Girls	2024	#911	6	8,487
SA	Girls	0	#920	16	25,931
PE	Girls	0	#922	22	14,861
NL	Girls	0	#942	14	5,933
Spain	Girls	0	#965	19	5,561
MY	Girls	0	#983	12	24,821
BR	Girls	0	#987	6	12,708
MA		0	#994	135	20,986
SA	Boys	0	#1,001	716	28,008
EG	Girls	0	#1,008	2	14,742
CO	Girls	0	#1,054	25	16,140
TR		0	#1,057	155	19,440
ZA	Girls	0	#1,086	56	25,928
DZ		0	#1,116	61	20,130
MX	Girls	0	#1,147	37	17,781
IT	Girls	0	#1,416	31	9,415

Benjamin is popular in 98 countries — most recent births per country:

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Ireland

Norway

Scotland, United Kingdom

Austria

Canada

Belgium

Brussels, Belgium

Flanders, Belgium

Wallonia, Belgium

England & Wales, United Kingdom

New South Wales, Australia

Switzerland

Sweden

United States

Germany

New York City (Asian & Pacific Islander), United States

New York City (Black, non-Hispanic), United States

New York City (Hispanic), United States

New York City (White, non-Hispanic), United States

New Zealand

Austria

Germany

Spain

Finland

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