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From the Hebrew name בִּנְיָמִין (Binyamin)
1) 'Son of the right hand' [1] [2] [3]
2) 'Son of luck' [1] [2] [4] [5] [3] [6]
3) 'Son of the south' [1] [7] [5] [6]
4) 'Son of days', 'son of years' [6]
Benjamin | ♂ |
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Benjamín | ♂ |
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Benjamini | ♂ |
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Benyamin | ♂ |
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Piiniamiit | ♂ |
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Pîniamît | ♂ |
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See also Ben, Beniamin, Benja, Benjam, Benjami, Bünyamin
For female forms see Benjamina
Benjamininpoika | |
Benjaminsen | |
Benjaminson | |
Benjaminssen | |
Benjaminsson | |
Benjaminssøn | |
Benjaminsøn |
Benjamindatter | |
Benjaminintytär | |
Benjaminsdatter | |
Benjaminsdotter | |
Benjaminsdóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Genitive: | Benjamins |
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Accusative: | Benjamin |
Dative: | Benjamini |
Genitive: | Benjamins |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Genitive: | Benjaminin |
Partitive: | Benjaminia |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Accusative: | Benjamin |
Dative: | Benjamin |
Genitive: | Benjamins |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Genitive: | Benjamins |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Benjamin |
Genitive: | Benjamins |
Denmark |
30 August |
Faroe Islands |
30 August |
Finland |
20 December |
Norway |
30 August |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
20 December |
Sweden |
28 December |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[13] |
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10821 | 16242 | 8 | 31 | 10813 | 16211 |
Denmark[14] |
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11724 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
11724 | n.a. |
Finland[15] |
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n.a. |
13295 | n.a. |
18 | n.a. |
13277 |
Greenland[16] |
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42 | 198 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Iceland[17] |
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37 | 50 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[18] |
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8263 | n.a. |
4 | n.a. |
8259 | n.a. |
#: 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. |
Sources: [19]
Regional distribution of Benjamin (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.