Given name · also Late Latin
Benjaminas
“son of the right hand”
Benjaminas is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. It is used in Lithuanian.
Original Hebrewבנימין
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benjaminas goes back to Hebrew בנימין (binyamín), meaning “son of the right hand.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Benjaminas comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Benjaminas developed from Βενιαμίν. In Lithuanian usage, Benjaminas developed from בנימין.
Benjaminas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Benjaminas developed from the Ancient Greek form Βενιαμίν. In Lithuanian usage, Benjaminas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benjamin. In Lithuanian usage, Benjaminas shares a linguistic root with the Russian form Вениамин.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Benjaminas has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Benjaminas comes from · 1 name
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- בנימיןroot · Hebrew
- BenjaminEnglish
- Binyaminequivalent
- Veniaminequivalent
- Binjaminequivalent
- Beniaminoequivalent
- Beniaminusequivalent
- Bünyaminequivalent
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People named Benjaminas
- Benjaminas ZelkevičiusLithuanian footballer and manager ( 1944-2026)
- Benjaminas JakševičiusLithuanian sculptor and partisan1895–1979
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