Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
בנימין
בנימין (binyumin) is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Benjamin.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין; its root is Hebrew ב־ן.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
בנימין’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, בנימין has a later derivative in BENJAMINAS. In Yiddish usage, בנימין has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benjamin. In Yiddish usage, בנימין has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form BENIAMIN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
בנימין has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere בנימין comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named בנימין
- Binyamin Ben-EliezerIraqI-Israeli military officer and politician (1936-2016)
- Benjamin MazarIsraeli historian and biblical archaeologist (1906-1995)
- Benjamin Z. KedarIsraeli historianborn 1938
- Binyamin AvnielIsraeli politician (1906-1993)
- Binyamin GibliIsraeli intelligence officer (1919–2008)
- Binyamin SassonIsraeli politician1903–1989
- Binyamin TemkinMexican-Israeli politicianborn 1945
- Binyamin ArditiIsraeli politician (1897-1981)
- Benjamin of Jerusalembishop of Jerusalem
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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