Ben

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 or bin (بن) (dialectal Arabic) and in Hebrew (Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha). During the past periods of classical Arabic, Ibn/ebn (ابن) was used in Arabic names exclusively while ben appeared only in Jewish names. Ben (賁/便嗯) is a Chinese surname.