| [ 2 syll. ben-son, be-ns-on ] The boy name Benson is pronounced BEHNSahN KEY. Benson is of English origin and it is also predominantly used in the English language. Benson has the meaning 'son of Benedict'. From the element son. The first name is derived from the surname, which could originally be a patronymic derivation from Ben, or else a local name from the village of Benson, Oxfordshire in England. See also the related form, the English Benedict. Benson is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1916, 0.007% of baby boys were given the name Benson. Its ranking then was #736. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Within all boy names in its group, Benson was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Baby names that sound like Benson include the English Benjaman, the English Benjamen, the Portuguese Benjamim, the English, French, and German Benjamin, the Czech, Slavic, and Spanish Benjamín, the English Benjamon, the Hungarian Benjámin, the English Benjiman, the English Benjimen, and the Italian Benjamino. KEY: Pronunciation for Benson: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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