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Benjamim

“son of the right hand”

masculineLatin script

/bɐ̃j̃.ʒɐˈmĩ/ · Portuguese (Portugal)

Origin: Not established
3 language contexts: English Spanish Portuguese
Follow the evidence: 5 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Benjamim

Benjamim is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Portuguese Wiktionary gives the meaning “son of the right hand”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “son of the right hand”

Do latim Beniaminus⁽ˡᵃ⁾ e este do grego antigo Βενιαμίν e este do hebraico antigo בנימין (binyamin) e significa filho da destra, da direita.

Sources for this account (5)

Portuguese Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q138845803CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (4)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q138845803
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Benjamim
Masculine usage in English · Greek Wiktionary: Benjamim
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Benjamim

Explore all 3 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Benjamim” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q138845803.

All pronunciation details (8)

/bɐ̃j̃.ʒɐˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/bẽ.ʒaˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/bẽ.ʒɐˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/\bẽ.ʒɐ.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒa.mˈiɲ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒã.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒɐ̃.mˈĩm\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒə.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese

02 / Across borders

Where Benjamim is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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Across borders

countries in our sources

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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 13 boys (rank 6446). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 17 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Benjamim

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,916
Peak year: 2021; 4 births

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Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Benjamim in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	1	1,635	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	1	1,677	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	2	1,526	observed
2017	2	1,571	observed
2018	2	1,563	observed
2019	2	1,605	observed
2020	3	1,391	observed
2021	4	1,291	observed
2022	4	1,263	observed
2023	1	1,918	observed
2024	4	1,227	observed
2025	2	1,916	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Benjamim” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q138845803CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Benjamim

Benjamim is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Portuguese Wiktionary gives the meaning “son of the right hand”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “son of the right hand”

Do latim Beniaminus⁽ˡᵃ⁾ e este do grego antigo Βενιαμίν e este do hebraico antigo בנימין (binyamin) e significa filho da destra, da direita.

Sources for this account (5)

Portuguese Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q138845803CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (4)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q138845803
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Benjamim
Masculine usage in English · Greek Wiktionary: Benjamim
Masculine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Benjamim

Explore all 3 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Benjamim” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q138845803.

All pronunciation details (8)

/bɐ̃j̃.ʒɐˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/bẽ.ʒaˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/bẽ.ʒɐˈmĩ/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/\bẽ.ʒɐ.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒa.mˈiɲ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒã.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒɐ̃.mˈĩm\/ — Portuguese
/\bẽ.ʒə.mˈĩ\/ — Portuguese

Where Benjamim is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Benjamim’s connections around the world.

6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 13 boys (rank 6446). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 17 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Benjamim

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 2; births; Rank #1,916
Peak year: 2021; 4 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Benjamim in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	1	1,291	observed
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	1	1,635	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	1	1,677	observed
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	2	1,526	observed
2017	2	1,571	observed
2018	2	1,563	observed
2019	2	1,605	observed
2020	3	1,391	observed
2021	4	1,291	observed
2022	4	1,263	observed
2023	1	1,918	observed
2024	4	1,227	observed
2025	2	1,916	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms5

Wikidata Q138845803CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Portuguese Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: BenjamimCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Benjamim

About Benjamim

Meaning in the sources

Where Benjamim is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Benjamin

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Benjamim

About Benjamim

Meaning in the sources

Where Benjamim is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Benjamin

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Benjamim

Meaning in the sources

Where Benjamim is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Benjamin

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Benjamim

Meaning in the sources

Where Benjamim is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Benjamin

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page