Benjamin
Benjamin means From Biblical Hebrew, literally 'son of the right hand' (or 'son of the south').
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | B |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “From Biblical Hebrew, literally 'son of the right hand' (or 'son of the south')”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Pritha — Palm of the hand; mother of Pandavas
- James — From Biblical Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ, literally 'may He heel', related to the Hebrew word for the heel of the foot
- Noah — From Biblical Hebrew Nōaḥ; the patriarch who built the ark
- Elijah — From Hebrew Eliyahu, literally 'Yahweh is my god'
- Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form
- Dakshinamurthi — Lord Shiva facing south, teacher
Where this comes from
Benjamin has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.