The baby name Veniamin is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /vʲenʲɪˈamʲɪn/ — veh-nee-AH-meen.
Veniamin is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Veniamin is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /vʲenʲɪˈamʲɪn/ — veh-nee-AH-meen.
Veniamin is Hebrew in Origin.
Veniamin is the East Slavic and Church Slavonic form of Benjamin, from Hebrew Binyamin (“son of the right hand/son of the south”), traditionally understood as “favored son.” The initial v- reflects transmission through Byzantine Greek (Veniamín), where beta came to be pronounced v, and then into Church Slavonic. The name entered Slavic usage through biblical and liturgical texts and has long-standing currency in Orthodox contexts.
Use has been steady but modest in Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria, with periodic visibility thanks to clerical and cultural figures such as the New Martyr Metropolitan Benjamin (Veniamin) of Petrograd and the writer Veniamin Kaverin. Common diminutives include Venya and Venichka. International variants are Benjamin (English, German, French), Beniamino (Italian), Beniamin (Polish, Romanian), Binyamin (Hebrew), and Veniamin/Venyamin across Slavic languages; related surnames include Veniaminov (e.g., Saint Innocent Veniaminov).
| Veniamin Smekhov Veniamin Smekhov is a Russian actor and director best known for playing Athos in D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. Born in 1940, he has had a long career in stage and film and has received honors including the Petropol Award and the Tsarskoselsky Artistic Prize. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY | 0 | #60 | 1 | 1,632 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #80 | 2 | 756 |
| BG | 0 | #82 | 1 | 1,799 | |
| KZ | 0 | #93 | 2 | 1,452 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #117 | 9 | 2,087 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #149 | 3 | 2,166 |
| RU | 0 | #191 | 4 | 3,641 | |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 3,850 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #269 | 5 | 6,912 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #274 | 16 | 6,578 |
| IL | 0 | #281 | 2 | 6,291 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #371 | 136 | 12,621 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #553 | 9 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #618 | 8 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #673 | 10 | 3,552 |
| United States | Boys | 2023 | #894 | 5 | 7,053 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,442 | 30 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,691 | 1 | 28,008 |
Veniamin is popular in 21 countries — most recent births per country:
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