Ben-Hail
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Ben-hail's role in Jehoshaphat's reforms highlights the importance of lay leadership in the spiritual education and renewal of the nation
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ben-Hail is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- UYUruguay≈1 in 2.4M(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 5.9M
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 16M
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.4M (inferred from the name graph)
≈18 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Uruguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Benhail in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Ben-hail's role in Jehoshaphat's reforms highlights the importance of lay leadership in the spiritual education and renewal of the nation. His mission demonstrates the biblical principle that knowledge of and obedience to God's law are foundational for national well-being and a right relationship with God.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ben-Hail 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 5.9M | — | Benhail | 3 |
| US United States | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 51M | listed | Benhail | 17 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 16M | — | Benhail | 5 |
| UY Uruguay | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 2.4M | 1 | — | — |
| CL Chile | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ben-Hail is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A strong and uncommon biblical name, Ben-hail means "son of strength" or "son of valor." It is associated with a noble leader entrusted with the important task of teaching God's word.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Ben-hail means "son of strength" or "son of valor" in Hebrew. It is a compound name from the Hebrew words 'ben' (son) and 'ḥayil' (strength, might, valor).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ben-Hail mean, and where does it come from?
- Ben-hail's role in Jehoshaphat's reforms highlights the importance of lay leadership in the spiritual education and renewal of the nation. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Ben-Hail have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 people named Ben-Hail in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benhail.
- How common is the name Ben-Hail?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 people in the Philippines have Ben-Hail as their first given name, about 1 in 5.9 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ben-hailThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ben-Hail”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.