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 [ 1 syll. ben, be-n ] The boy name Ben is pronounced as BEHN KEY. 1: Ben is used predominantly in English and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Ben's meaning is son, son of. Derived literally from the element 'ben' which is of the meaning son. Benji (English), Benjy (English and German), Bennie (English), and Benny (English) are variations of Ben. 2: Ben is of Arabic origin. Here, the meaning is 'son, son of'. The name is often used as a component of longer Arabic names. In addition, Ben is a short form (Dutch and English) of the name Benjamin (English, French, and German). Ben is also a variation of the name Bentley (English). Ben is also a short form (Dutch and English) of the name Benedict (English). Ben is also a variation of the name Benon (English). Ben is also a variation of the name Benton (English). Ben is an all-time favorite. Today it is still rather popular as a baby boy name, but not as much as it was previously. At the height of its usage in 1901, 0.224% of baby boys were given the name Ben. It had a ranking of #73 then. The baby name has substantially fallen in popularity since then, and it is of only modest use in recent years. In 2008, it ranked at #611 with a usage of 0.019%, but it was nonetheless the 3rd most popular after the English, French, and German Benjamin and the English Bennett, within all boy names in its family. It was more widely used than Ben by 32 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ben include the English Benn, the English Bain, the Hawaiian and Slavic Bane, the name Bem, the Vietnamese Binh, the English Boone, the name Banan, the English Benen, the Spanish Beni, the English Bennie, the German Benno, the English Benny, the German Beno, the English Benon, the name Bevan, the Indian Bhanu, the Slavic Boban, the English Bono, the English Bowen, and the English Bowman. Details of famous persons named Ben: KEY: Pronunciation for Ben: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
