Given name & surname
Benz
Benz is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanBenedikt
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 121 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020; 5,710 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Benz’s family of names
In German usage, Benz is a diminutive of BERNHARD. In German usage, Benz has a related form in Berndt. In German usage, Benz is a diminutive of Benedikt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Benediktfull form · German
- Bernhardfull form · German
- Bentzvariant · German
- Benzelvariant · German
- Berndtvariant · German
- Betzvariant · German
- Benzingvariant · German
- Penzvariant · German
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Across languages 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Benz
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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