Given name · Russian
Вениамин
“son”
Вениамин (Veniamín) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Veniamin.
Meaning & origin
Вениамин’s family of names
In Russian usage, Вениамин has a diminutive in Ве́ня. In Russian usage, Вениамин shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form BENJAMINAS. In Russian usage, Вениамин has a conventional equivalent in the German form Benjamin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вениамин has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Вениамин
- Veniamin KaverinRussian-Soviet writer and memoirist (1902–1989)
- Veniamin SoldatenkoSoviet race walking athlete (1939–2023)
- Benjamin I of Constantinople266th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople1871–1946
- Veniamin ReshetnikovRussian fencerborn 1986
- Veniamin AlexandrovRussian ice hockey player (1937–1991)
- Veniamin SmekhovSoviet and Russian theater and film actor, director, screenwriter, writerborn 1940
- Veniamin MandrykinRussian footballer (1981–2023)
- Veniamin TayanovichRussian swimmerborn 1967
- Venko MarkovskiBulgarian and Macedonian writer (1915–1988)
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