Benny - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Benny \b(en)-ny\, also used as girl's name Benny, is a variant of Ben (Hebrew) and Benjamin (Hebrew), and the meaning of Benny is "son; son of the right hand; son of the south; son of my old age".

The baby name Benny sounds like Benne, Benn and Benno. Other similar baby names are Benjy, Bennt, Berny, Denny, Kenny, Lenny, Renny and Tenny.

Benny is a very common first name for men (#382 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#17046 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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