Benson
Benson Origin and Meaning
Benson has outgrown its long association with a wisecracking TV butler with a fresh new association: singer songwriter Benson Boone. Parents may see it as an alternate route to nickname Ben, very different in image than the biblical Benjamin or the Latin Benedict, and more in tune perhaps with stylish with Bennett.
Benson also carries the patronymic theme made popular by Jackson, Harrison, and Jefferson, and more recently, Olivia Benson of Law and Order: SVU has reclaimed this as a surname. On a less salubrious note, Benson is still connected to the cigarette brand Benson and Hedges, while in the UK, it is connected to a bed company.
More and more parents have been able to overlook the brand connections in recent years, however, and Benson entered the US Top 500 in 2024, when it was given to nearly 730 boys, compared to 450 the year before.
- Benson Rank in US Top 1000
- Benson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
- Names Similar to Benson
- Famous People Named Benson
- The name Benson in Pop Culture
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Benson Rank in US Top 1000
Benson Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Popularity of the name Benson
20 Names Similar to Benson
- Lawson
- Anderson
- Wes
- Dawson
- Bronson
- Deacon
- Brodie
- Jenson
- Grady
- Miller
- Lane
- Jamison
- Porter
- Colby
- Barrett
- Walker
- Waylon
- Brady
- Tucker
- Dillon
Famous People Named Benson
- Benson Taylor (born Mark Davison)English film composer
- Benson HendersonAmerican mixed martial artist
- Benson Dillon BillinghurstAmerican educator
- Benson Stanley Osmond (b. 2014)son of Brandon Osmond; grandson of singer Donny Osmond
- Robby BensonAmerican actor
The name Benson in Pop Culture
- Benson DuBoismain character on TV's "Benson"
- Bensoncharacter on animated series "Regular Show"
- Olivia Bensoncharacter on TV's "Law & Order: SVU"
- Fredward "Freddie" Bensoncharacter on TV's "iCarly"
- Barry B. Benson"The Bee Movie"