Benjamim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ben-zha-MEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Benjamim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “son of the right hand”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Benjamim mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese form of Benjamin
“son of the right hand”
Portuguese form of Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob in the Book of Genesis.
Is Benjamim a girl's or a boy's name?
Benjamim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benjamim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Benjamim, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Benjamim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Benjamim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Nicknames for Benjamim
- Ben 122 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Benjamim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Muhammad, Elias, Elijah, Musa, Tobias, Jesse, Theodore, Matteo, Ezra, Zakariya, Raphael
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Benjamim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benjamim, updated 20 October 2026.