Ben

Ben is a boy’s name of Biblical, English, Hebrew and Latin origin. Meaning in Biblical: A son. Meaning in English: Right-hand son. Meaning in Hebrew: Son of my right hand. Many Jewish families named their youngest child Benjamin. Meaning in Latin: blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed. Ben is a short form of Benjamin and short form of Benedict. Famous bearer: 19th century British statesman Benjamin Disraeli. Dustin Hoffman’s character in the 1967 movie ‘The Graduate.’. Famous bearer: 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine order of monks and nuns. The Benedictines monastical order. The name has 3 letters.