Given name & surname · Russian

Бенджамин

“son”

Бенджамин is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Russian.

RussianWritten in Cyrillic script.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Бенджамин goes back to Hebrew בן, meaning “son.”

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Where it comes from

Бенджамин comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew בן.

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Бенджамин’s family of names

In Russian usage, Бенджамин has a conventional equivalent in the French form Benjamin.

Walk Бенджамин’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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