Name Benny

Meaning:

son of the right hand, son of the south, son of luck

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About the name Benny in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	English
Is diminutive of:	Benjamin
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Benjy, Benno, Denny, Henny, Jenny, Jenny, Kenny, Lenny, Penny, Anny Details

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About Benjamin/Beniamina, the group of names with the same origin as Benny

Meaning/translation:	son of the right hand, son of the south, son of luck
Language of origin:	Hebrew
Info about origin, male:	in the Bible Benjamin is the youngest son of Jacob and thus the name of one of the 12 tribes of Israel
Words:	ben = the son Hebrew
	yamin = right (right as opposed to left), the right hand, the south Hebrew
Topics:	12 Tribes of Israel, Old Testament
Variants' top ranks:	1:Benjamin Canada/BC 2017, 1:Ben Germany First 2018, 1:Benjamín Argentina 2018, 45:Benjamim Portugal 2018, 49:Benjámin Hungary 2005, 719:Benny USA 1993
Old/original forms:	Binjamin Hebrew
Name variants:	Beniamina, Ben, Beniamino, Benjamim, Benjamin, Benjamín, Benjámin, Benji, Benjie, Benjy, Bennie, Benny, Bünyamin Sortable list Details

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Benny

Series	Graph	Rankings
USA decades		1990-1999 793
USA yearly	Graph	2006 968, 2004 944, 2003 982, 2002 861, 2001 940, 2000 833, 1999 926, 1998 852, 1997 851, 1996 802, 1995 793, 1994 861, 1993 719