Veniamin
Veniamin is the Russian, Ukrainian and Greek version of the name Benjamin, and may refer to:Veniamin Alexandrov (1937–1991), Soviet professional ice hockey player Veniamin Belkin (1884–1951), Russian artist and painter Veniamin Fleishman, (1913–1941), Russian composer Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician and expert in geometry Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Soviet writer associated…
- Russian
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Veniamin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Veniamin is the Russian, Ukrainian and Greek version of the name Benjamin, and may refer to:Veniamin Alexandrov (1937–1991), Soviet professional ice hockey player Veniamin Belkin (1884–1951), Russian artist and painter Veniamin Fleishman, (1913–1941), Russian composer Veniamin Kagan (1869–1953), Russian mathematician and expert in geometry Veniamin Kaverin (1902–1989), Soviet writer associated…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Greek
The Story of Veniamin
Veniamin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1997, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 14 births, good for #4,762 nationwide. About 61% of every Veniamin on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Veniamin last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 89 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Veniamin
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Veniamin. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Venyamin
Names that sound like Veniamin
Phonetically similar names — useful when Veniamin is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Vanaman
- Vitamin
- Venetian
- Vitamine
- Chinaman
- Vincentian
- Venema
- Vietminh
- Velamen
- Venomous
- Venison
- Vehement
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Veniamin
Veniamin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 89 births in the dataset. Veniamin's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #4,762. Use the chart and map above to compare Veniamin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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