Given name & surname
Veniamin
“son of the south; son of the right hand”
Veniamin is a variant of Venjamin. In Hebrew use, Venjamin carries the interpretation “son of the south; son of the right hand.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Veniamin is a variant of Venjamin. In Hebrew use, Venjamin carries the interpretation “son of the south; son of the right hand.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Veniamin connects to the Benjamin name family through Venjamin. Benjamin comes from Hebrew Benyamin and has established use in English, French, and German as well as Jewish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Veniamin connects to the Benjamin name family through Venjamin. The shared background comes through Benjamin: Benjamin combines the idea of a son with yamin. A different traditional explanation links the second element with years, giving the sense “son of my old age”; it is an alternative interpretation, not a settled translation.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Veniamin connects to the Benjamin name family through Venjamin. The history of Benjamin gives this family its wider story. In Genesis, Benjamin is Jacob’s youngest son. Rachel first names him Benoni, and Jacob changes the name to Benyamin. This family story is central to the name’s biblical associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Veniamin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 89 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 726 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.
Veniamin’s family of names
In English usage, Veniamin shares an earlier linguistic root with Benjamin. Veniamin has a related form in Venjamin. In English usage, Veniamin has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Вениами́н.
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Around the world
Veniamin has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 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.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Benjamindoublet · English
- Binyaminequivalent
- Beniaminequivalent
- Beniaminusequivalent
- Bünyaminequivalent
- Benjamínequivalent
- בנימיןequivalent
- Binjaminequivalent
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People named Veniamin
- Veniamin KaverinRussian-Soviet writer and memoirist (1902–1989)
- Veniamin SoldatenkoSoviet race walking athlete (1939–2023)
- Benjamin I of Constantinople266th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople1871–1946
- Veniamin ReshetnikovRussian fencerborn 1986
- Veniamin AlexandrovRussian ice hockey player (1937–1991)
- Veniamin SmekhovSoviet and Russian theater and film actor, director, screenwriter, writerborn 1940
- Veniamin MandrykinRussian footballer (1981–2023)
- Veniamin TayanovichRussian swimmerborn 1967
- Venko MarkovskiBulgarian and Macedonian writer (1915–1988)
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