A popular boy's name of Hebrew origin. It's meaning in Hebrew is "A
Son" or "Son of".
Sometimes extended to "Benny" or "Bennie", it is also a common abbreviated name for Benjamin (also abbreviated to "Benji"), Hebrew meaning "Son of the Right Hand", or Benedict (alternatively: Benicio, Bennett, and other variants), derived from Latin (Benedictus) meaning "Blessed". It can also be used as an abbreviation for the name
Reuben, Hebrew meaning "See, a Son", or for the name Corben, derived from
French (Corbeau) meaning "
Raven", as well for as some other names.