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Ben is a masculine given name. It is often short for Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson, and Ebenezer.

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Given Name Revised.name
Ben
Given Name Revised.gender
Male
Given Name Revised.meaning
"Son of"
Given Name Revised.region
Middle East
Given Name Revised.origin
Semitic languages
Given Name Revised.related names
Benjamin, Benedict, Bengt, Bennett, Benoit, Benvolio, Benito, Benson, Ebenezer

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Ben is a masculine given name. It is often short for Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson, and Ebenezer.

Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as Ben (dialectal Arabic) or bin (بن), Ibn/ebn (ابن).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ben” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.