Benoni

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Male Name

Usage

Norwegian
Danish
Swedish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

From the Hebrew name בֶּן־אוֹנִי (Ben-'oniy) meaning 'son of sorrows' ^[1]

First element (Ben-):

Hebrew ben = 'son'

Last element (-oni):

Hebrew oni = 'sorrows'

Related Names

Benonette	♀
Benoni	♂
Benonia	♀
Benoný	♂

See also Ben

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 18th century ^[1]

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Nordland, Vestlandet ^[1]

Bible

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

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[2]		0	0	10	14
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	4	n.a
Sweden[4]		0	0	3	9
Finland[5]		n.a.	4	n.a	9
#: 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.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Benoni.

Sources: ^{[4] [3] [2] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi