At a Glance
- Meaning
- Son of my sorrow — the name Rachel gave her son in dying childbirth, before Jacob renamed him Benjamin
- Origin
- Hebrew (biblical, via French)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- bay-naw-NEE
Bénoni is a Hebrew (biblical, via French) boy's name meaning “son of my sorrow — the name Rachel gave her son in dying childbirth, before Jacob renamed him Benjamin”. It appears in our list of 150+ French Baby Boy Names With Irresistible Gallic Charm.
Meaning & Origin of Bénoni
Meaning: Son of my sorrow — the name Rachel gave her son in dying childbirth, before Jacob renamed him Benjamin.
Origin: Hebrew (biblical, via French).
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Bénoni
bay-naw-NEEIPA /benɔni/
Popularity of Bénoni
Bénoni doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Bénoni
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