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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Benjamin m. Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין 'son of the right hand'.

The name of one of the twelves sons of a Biblical patriarch later venerated as a saint, a 5th C Persian martyr, a 9th-10th C ruler of the Khazars, and a 14th C pope of Alexandria, Wycliffite Bible (1395): Beniamyn, Benjamin. Geneva Bible (1560): Beniamín.

England
Dutch
1571 Benjamin AuFr Artis; 1577 Benjamin ibid. Boel; 1583 Benjamin ibid. Berntz; 1596 Benjamin ibid. Dries; 1598 Benjamin ibid. Dries; 1599 Benjamin ibid. Frederick
Early Modern English
1587 Benjamin StAnthonlin p. 32; 1588 Beniamy OrpingtonKe p. 8; 1593 Benjamin StAnthonlin p. 36; 1597 Beniamen bruton-vol1 p. 11; 1598 Beniamin ibid. p. 56
France
Middle French
1561 Benjamin RegPCC-1 p. 5; 1564 Benjamin ibid. p. 53; 1565 Benjamin ibid. p. 185; 1567 Benjamin ibid. p. 321
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Benjamin". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Benjamin.