Given name & surname
Benzion
“son of Zion”
Benzion is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “son of Zion.”
Original Hebrewבֶּנְצִיּוֹן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “son of Zion.”
How it developed
From Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן (Bentsiyón), built from Hebrew בֶּן (ben) + צִיּוֹן (Tsiyón).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benzion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,084
- 1,084 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #3,672 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,672 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 817 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.
Benzion’s family of names
In English usage, Benzion has a conventional equivalent in the Romanian form BENTZION. In English usage, Benzion has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Bencijjon. In English usage, Benzion has a conventional equivalent in the French form BENSION.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Benzion has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Benzion comes from · 1 name
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Benzion
Characters named Benzion: Benya Krik (Isaak Babel's The Odessa Tales).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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