Benj

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Benj is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Obsolete form of bhang (“cannabis”).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 331K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland≈1 in 75K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 123K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,900 people, est.

Sources
144 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 75K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete form of bhang (“cannabis”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Benj is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,900 est.≈1 in 484KBenj2
US United States≈1,000 est.≈1 in 331KBenj144
ID Indonesia≈660 est.≈1 in 406KBenj8
FR France≈550 est.≈1 in 123KBenj2
PH Philippines≈450 est.≈1 in 244KBenj39
CH Switzerland≈110 est.≈1 in 75KBenj11
SG Singapore≈30 est.≈1 in 208KBenj8
JM Jamaica≈16 est.≈1 in 174KBenj1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Benj is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, Philippines

    Also written Ben-J, Ben'J, Benj', Beñj, Běňj

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Also written Bệnj

  • English surname148 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Thai, Arabic

    Also written Bray, Ben, เบญ, เบญจ, Benz

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Benj mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete form of bhang (“cannabis”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Benj a male or female name?
Benj is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Benj?
In the etymology graph, Ben, Benny and Bennie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Benjamin.
In which country does Benj have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Benj in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benj.
How common is the name Benj?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,900 people in China have Benj as their first given name, about 1 in 484 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benj”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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