Benn - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Benn \b(e)-nn\ is a variant of Ben (Hebrew) and Benjamin (Hebrew), and the meaning of Benn is "son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age".

The baby name Benn sounds like Benny, Benne, Benno and Penn. Other similar baby names are Bent, Bennt, Bern, Brenn, Kenn and Lenn.

Benn is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#6194 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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