Ben Name Meaning and Origin

Ben is a Boy name. The name is originated from ‘Hebrew’ origin. The baby name Ben means “Right Hand’S Son”.

 

Ben Origin:

Origin of the name is: “Hebrew”

 

Gender:

Ben is a Boy name.

 

Pronunciation:

The pronunciation of the name is: “BEN”

 

Ben Name Meaning:

Ben is a short form of Benjamin. Benjamin is of Hebrew origin and means ‘right hand’s son’, but was taken as an English surname after the crusades when it became fashionable to carry Biblical or Jewish names.

 

Religion:

It is a baby name.

 

Syllable:

N/A

 

Variations or similar name:

Benn, Benjie, Benny, Benno, Bennie

 

Famous people with this name:

Ben, Levite in King David’s day (1 Chr. 15:18);

Benjamin “Ben” Jonson, English poet and playwright;

Ben Hecht, American screenwriter;

Ben Feldman, American actor;

Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Geza Affleck-Boldt), American actor and director;

Benjamin Edward “Ben” Stiller, American actor and director;

Benjamin Todd “Ben” Roethlisberger, American football player;

Benjamin Thomas “Ben” Barnes, English actor;

Benjamin David “Ben” Gillies, Australian drummer ;

Benjamin A. “Ben” Foster, American actor;

Bennett Joseph “Ben” Savage, American actor;

Benedict Martin Paul “Ben” Mulroney, Canadian TV presenter;

Bennett “Ben” Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream;

Benjamin Solomon “Ben” Carson, Sr., American politician and retired neurosurgeon ;

Ben Lawrence, brother of actress Jennifer Lawrence;

Benjamin “Ben” Gibbard, American musician ;

Benjamin Jon “Ben” Whishaw, English actor;

Benjamin Lauder “Ben” Nicholson, English painter;

Benedict “Ben” Carpenter, English sculptor;

Joseph Benedict “Ben” Chifley, 16th prime minister of Australia;

Hunter Benedict “Ben” Shepherd, American bassist;

Ben Roy Mottelson, American-Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel prize winner;

Ben Haggerty aka Macklemore, American rapper ;

Benjamin Scott “Ben” Falcone, American actor, comedian and filmmaker;

Benjamin Michael “Ben” Seewald, husband of reality TV personality Jessa Duggar ;

Benjamin August “Ben” Eckstein, American child actor; triplet brothers Alexander & Caleb;

Ben Vereen, American actor, dancer, and singer;

Benjamin Arthur “Ben” McKee, American musician of band Imagine Dragons;

Benjamin Schiff “Ben” Platt, American stage actor;

Benjamin “Ben” Tyler Cook, American actor, singer and dancer;

Ben Needham, English boy who went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991;

Ben, stage name of Lee Eunyoung; singer, songwriter, dancer, and former member of South Korean girl group Bebe Mignon;

Benjamin Levi “Ben” Ross, American stage actor;

Benjamin “Ben” Halloran, Australian international footballer

 

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