Baby names info for BENJAMIN:

• Gender: boy
• Syllables: 3
• Characters: 8
• Pronunciation: BEN-ja-min

Origin and Meaning:

• Hebrew meaning of the name BENJAMIN for a boy:
  • son of the right hand

Baby Names Popularity:

• BENJAMIN is the 20^th most popular boy's name in the United States.

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Surnames:

• BENJAMIN is a common last name.
  It's the 868^th most common surname in the United States (according to the 2000 U.S. Census).

Nicknames:

• BEN, BENJI

BENJAMIN appears in the following lists of names:

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