Thursday, July 19, 2007

Meaning and origin of Ben

Origin: Biblical

Meaning: A son


Origin: English

Meaning: Diminutive of Benjamin: Right-hand son.


Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: Diminutive of Benjamin: Son of my right hand. Many Jewish families named their youngest child Benjamin. Famous bearers: 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Dustin Hoffman's character in the 1967 movie 'The Graduate.'.


Origin: Latin

Meaning: Diminutive of Benedict: blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed. Famous bearers: 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine order of monks and nuns. The Benedictines monastical order.
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