Given name & surname
Benni
“son of the south; son of the right hand”
Benni is a variant of Ben. In English use, Ben carries the interpretation “son of the south; son of the right hand.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benni is a variant of Ben. In English use, Ben carries the interpretation “son of the south; son of the right hand.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benni through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 24 boys · 116 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #5,750 for girls · #9,833 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +213%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,750 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 7 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 248 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Benni
- Benni McCarthySouth African association football player (born 1977)
- Benni LjungbeckOlympic wrestlerborn 1958
- Benni EfratIsraeli artist (born 1936)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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