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Benny

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Meaning and origin
Benny is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Blessed Son of My Right Hand`.


Where is it used?
The name Benny is mainly used in English.

It is an abbreviated form of
Bento, used in Portuguese.


How do they say it elsewhere?
Bengt (In Swedish)
Venyamin (In Russian)
Benedito (In Portuguese)
Bendiks (In Latvian)
Binyamin (In Jewish)
Benesh (In Jewish)
Benedetto (In Italian)
Beniamino (In Italian)
Benedek (In Hungarian)
Benedikte (In German)
Benoit (In French)
Pentti (In Finnish)
Bennett (In English)
Benedikt (In Dutch, German and in Danish)
Bent (In Danish)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Ben


For the opposite sex use:
In Spanish: Benito (M)
In Italian: Benedetta (F)
In French: Benjamine (F)
In French: Benoite (F)
In French: Bénédicte (F)


See also
In English, French, German, Hungarian and in the bible: Benjamin (M)
In English: Bennie (M)
In English: Benjy (M)
In English: Benedict (M)


Extra information:
From Old English.

More `Benny` links
Benny as abbreviation
Actors named Benny
Benny in the encyclopedia





Statistics for Benny

Benny doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Benny appeared in the top-1000 was 2 years ago, in 2006. It ranked #967 in that year. . 1940 was a `top year` for the name Benny. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #179. The last time Benny appeared among the most common names was in 1890. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
2007---
2006967
2005---
2004943
2003979
2002866
2001939
2000836
1999926
1998852
1997852
1996801
1995793
1994867
1993722
1992721
1991719
1990714
1980490
1970415
1960282
1950216
1940179
1930237
1920365
1910377
1900393
1890816
1880---


See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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