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Ben

OriginHebrew
Meaning"son of"
GenderBoy

About Ben

Variation of Benedict

1 syllable.

As of September 2026, Ben ranked #843 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #43 in 1889, Nameberry popularity #529.

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Famous Bens

  • Ben

    Levite in King David's day (1 Chr. 15:18)

  • Benjamin "Ben" Jonson

    English poet and playwright

  • Benjamin "Ben" Schwartz

    American comedian and actor

  • Ben Hecht

    American screenwriter

  • Ben Feldman

    American actor

  • Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Geza Affleck

    Boldt), American actor and director

  • Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller

    American actor and director

  • Benjamin Todd "Ben" Roethlisberger

    American football player

  • Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes

    English actor

  • Benjamin David "Ben" Gillies

    Australian drummer

  • Benjamin A. "Ben" Foster

    American actor

  • Bennett Joseph "Ben" Savage

    American actor

  • Benedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney

    Canadian TV presenter

  • Bennett "Ben" Cohen

    American co,founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream

  • Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson

    Sr., American politician and retired neurosurgeon

  • Ben Lawrence

    brother of actress Jennifer Lawrence

  • Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard

    American musician

  • Benjamin Jon "Ben" Whishaw

    English actor

  • Benjamin Lauder "Ben" Nicholson

    English painter

  • Benedict "Ben" Carpenter

    English sculptor

  • Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley

    16th prime minister of Australia

  • Hunter Benedict "Ben" Shepherd

    American bassist

  • Ben Roy Mottelson

    American,Danish nuclear physicist and Nobel prize winner

  • Ben Haggerty aka Macklemore

    American rapper

  • Benjamin Scott "Ben" Falcone

    American actor, comedian and filmmaker

  • Benjamin Michael "Ben" Seewald

    husband of reality TV personality Jessa Duggar

  • Benjamin August "Ben" Eckstein

    American child actor; triplet brothers Alexander & Caleb

  • Ben Vereen

    American actor, dancer, and singer

  • Benjamin Arthur "Ben" McKee

    American musician of band Imagine Dragons

  • Benjamin Schiff “Ben” Platt

    American stage actor

  • Benjamin "Ben" Tyler Cook

    American actor, singer and dancer

  • Ben Needham

    English boy who went missing on the Greek island of Kos in 1991

  • Ben

    stage name of Lee Eunyoung; singer, songwriter, dancer, and former member of South Korean girl group Bebe Mignon

  • Benjamin Levi "Ben" Ross

    American stage actor

  • Benjamin "Ben" Halloran

    Australian international footballer

  • Ben Shapiro

    American commentator

  • Ben Fuller

    Christian singer/songwriter

Ben in pop culture

  • Ben Kenobi

    alias used by Obi,Wan Kenobi in "Star Wars: A New Hope"

  • Ben Solo

    the given name of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" villain, Kylo Ren

  • "Ben

    " 1972 horror film about a boy and his pet rat, Ben

  • "Ben

    " song performed by Michael Jackson for the 1970s film of the same name

  • Ben Geller

    Ross and Carol's son on TV's "Friends"

  • Ben Warren

    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"

  • Ben Elf

    character from TV series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom"

  • Ben Healy

    cop character from TV series "American Gothic"

  • Ben Grimm aka The Thing

    character in Fantastic Four comics

  • Uncle Ben Parker

    character in the Spider,Man series

  • BEN Drowned

    urban myth about a haunted "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" cartridge

  • Ben Chang

    character from TV series "Community"

  • Ben "Zombie" Parish

    character from the book "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey

  • Ben Linus

    character on TV's "Lost"

  • Ben Davidson

    character on soap "One Life to Live"

  • Ben Mitchell

    character on British soap "EastEnders"

  • Ben Wyatt

    character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"

  • Ben Quadrinaros

    pod,racer in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"

  • Ben the Tank Engine Twin

    character on TV's "Thomas & Friends"

  • Ben Jackson

    character on TV's "Doctor Who"

  • Ben Boykewich

    character on TV's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"

  • Ben Fitzgerald

    character on Australian soap "Neighbours"

  • Ben McPhee

    character on Australian soap "Home and Away"

  • Ben Bruckner

    character on TV's "Queer as Folk"

  • Ben Braeden

    character on TV's "Supernatural"

  • Ben Mitchell

    character in "Wolf Creek"

  • Ben Westbourne

    character on TV soap "General Hospital"

  • Ben Davies

    character on British soap "Hollyoaks"

  • Ben Harper

    character on British TV's "My Family"

  • Ben "Bonk" Knox

    character in DC Universe

  • Uncle Ben's

    brand of rice

  • Ben Brockman

    character on TV show 'Outnumbered'

  • Ben

    one of the main characters of Cartoon Saloon's, Song of the Sea

  • Ben Florian

    son of Belle and the Beast in Disney's Descendants

  • Benjamin "Ben" Tennyson

    character in Ben 10

  • Ben Cartwright

    a main character on TV's "Bonanza"

  • Benjamin Franklin "Ben" Gates

    main character of the "National Treaure" movies

  • Ben Cobalt

    character in the Addicted Series

  • Ben Walsh

    character in "Flowerpot"

  • Ben Aaronson

    Penderwick, character in "The Penderwicks" by Jeanne Birsdsill

  • Ben Berry

    character in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"

  • Ben Copper

    a character in Hogwarts Mystery

  • Ben Pincus

    a character from the "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" TV series

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