Beniamin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Beniamin

The Beniamin surname is derived from the Hebrew personal name Benjamin, which literally means "son of the south," or "son of the right hand." The name most likely began to be used in England as a given name following the crusades, and was then taken on as a surname. Thus, the Beniamin surname is Hebrew in origin, but English as a surname, and may be carried by either Christians or Jews.

Early Origins of the Beniamin family

Early History of the Beniamin family

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Beniamin Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Beniamin family name include Benjamin, Benjammin, Beniamin, Benjamini, Benjamen and many more.

Early Notables of the Beniamin family

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Migration of the Beniamin family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Beniamin surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Richard Benjamin who arrived in Boston in 1632 and John Benjamin who arrived in Massachusetts in 1650. In the southern hemisphere the family name rose to prominence in the Australian colonies, where Benjamin Benjamin served as mayor of the city of Melbourne and was knighted in 1889..