Benjy
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning son of the right hand; a form of Benjamin.
Benjy by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Benjy. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Benjamin
Like Benjy, each of these traces back to Benjamin: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Benjaminson of the right hand13,741 in the US (2017)
- Bena form of Benjamin; son of the right hand79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bennieson of the right hand; form of Benjamin13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Binyominson of the right hand; form of Benjamin10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jaminright hand; favoured; a form of Benjamin41 in the US (2017)
- Benyaminson of the right hand; variant of Benjamin5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benjimanson of the right hand; variant spelling of Benjamin17 in the US (2017)
- Beniaminson of the right hand; variant of Benjamin16 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Benjy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bennyson of the right hand; diminutive of Benjamin69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Benjison of the right hand; a form of Benjamin27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bentlybent grass meadow; a form of Bentley89 in the US (2017)
- Beckyto bind; a form of Rebecca42 in the US (2017)
- Benceblessed; a form of Benedict13 in the US (2017)
- Benasson of; a form of Benjamin11 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Benjy
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