Bennie: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “son of the right hand”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BEN-ee · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (84% of all uses)
Usually a diminutive of Benjamin, from Hebrew Binyamin. It can also be a pet form of Benedict in some cases, but Benjamin is the more common source.
How popular is Bennie?
Babies named Bennie in 202480
2024 rank#2,521 boys
Peak year1935
Total US babies since 188062,567
Bennie is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Bennie
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Bennie questions
What does the name Bennie mean?
Bennie means "son of the right hand". It comes from English. Usually a diminutive of Benjamin, from Hebrew Binyamin. It can also be a pet form of Benedict in some cases, but Benjamin is the more common source.
Is Bennie a boy or girl name?
Bennie is mainly a boy's name in US records (84% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Bennie?
80 US babies were named Bennie in 2024. Its peak year was 1935.
How do you pronounce Bennie?
Bennie is usually pronounced BEN-ee.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.