Benjamin

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin)

1) 'Son of the right hand'

2) 'Son of luck' [1]

3) 'Son of the south' [2]

4) 'Son of days, son of years'

Related Names

     
Benja ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Swedish
Benja ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Benjáme ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Benjamin ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Benjamín ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Benjamine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Jaami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Jami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Penja ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Penjaam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Penjam ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Penjami ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Ben

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

30 August

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

30 August

Finland Finland

20 December

Norway Norway

30 August

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

20 December

Sweden Sweden

28 December

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Benjamin
Accusative: Benjamin
Dative: Benjamini
Genitive: Benjamins

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1607 [1]

Bible

In the bible, Benjamin was named Benoni until his father changed it.

Namesakes

Benjamin Karl Henrik Höijer, 1st June, 1767 - 13th June, 1812, Swedish philosopher

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 9021 n.a
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 1 17 6270 10129
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 4468 5603
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 2 n.a 7734
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][3][5][6]:Name statistics for Benjamin(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Benjamin(m)


Sources: [4] [3] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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