Benno - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Benno \b(en)-no\ is a variant of Benjamin (Hebrew), and the meaning of Benno is "son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age".

The baby name Benno sounds like Benny, Benne and Benn. Other similar baby names are Bennt, Ben, Bennie, Benjy, Benji, Bent, Bennito, Bennet, Benito, Benet, Benoni, Bern, Berny, Berne, Bingo, Brenn, Bruno, Danno, Denny, Enno, Jeno, Geno, Genio, Yanno, Heanno, Hanno, Anno, Kenny, Kenn, Lenny, Lenn, Meino, Penn, Renny, Renne, Reno, Tenny, Teino, Teeno, Xeno and Zeno.

Benno is an uncommon first name for men but a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#65688 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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