Given name
Benjamim
“of the right hand”
Benjamim is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Benjamim comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Beniaminus, from Ancient Greek Βενιαμίν, from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benjamim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 97 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,498 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,498 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Massachusetts had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Benjamim’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Benjamim has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benjamin. In Portuguese usage, Benjamim has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form BENIAMIN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benjamim has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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