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HelpBenjamin, Bennett, or Benedict? (m)
Which one do you like best, and why?
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Benjamin. Classic and user-friendly. Suits all ages.
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Benedict. It’s the most interesting sounding one, and Catholic to boot (a positive thing for me).
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I really like Benedict. It sound crisp, I love the ct sound. A negative is that it makes me think of eggs and I hate eggs benedict.
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Benedict. Because the meaning is awesome. I don't care about any other associations - Arnold, eggs, pope, monks, whatever, that right there is too many for any of them to count. I don't like the Ben-syllable, and I'd never use Benedict because of nn Ben. But I like the sound, the sharp ending of Benedict. Bennett is surnamey to me, in a bad way, but it's not a bad one as surname names go. I dislike Benjamin. It's got that weird y-to-j Hebrew-to-English thing going on, which seems clunky to me, and other than that it's Binyamin, ugh, ugly. And Benji is a little trained doggie from the 70s.
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I adore Benjamin, its popular for a good reason.
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I like all, but Benjamin is my favorite.
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Bennett is my favorite of the three, easily. It's the simplest to say (advantage over Benedict, which I also like); and I've never liked the sound of that middle J in Benjamin.
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Benjamin. Classic, masculine, great nns and a name that never seems to date, imo.
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Benjamin, hands down. I'd actually use this one. Benedict is eggy and traitorous, and while I actually did know a Bennett (called Ben) in high school, it just doesn't feel like much of a name.
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Hi!
Benjamin. I don't really like the sound of Benedict. I HATE Bennett. It ends with ett. Ett means girl. Why would you.Name your son that? It sounds more like a girl name or a last name than anything.
Benjamin. I don't really like the sound of Benedict. I HATE Bennett. It ends with ett. Ett means girl. Why would you.Name your son that? It sounds more like a girl name or a last name than anything.
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Benjamin! a nice friendly name for a boy, and it ages well.
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I like all three and have Bennett and Benedict on my list. Thing is Benedict’s a gp (no crush names) and Bennett is one of my lecturers’ surnames, so Benjamin might be in the running. That being said I’d possibly just use Bennett and deal with the connection, because I can’t deal with popularity. Plus by the time I actually have kids, it won’t be an issue anyway.
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Benjamin. It's the most classic, and the friendliest.
Bennett is just a surname to me, and makes me think of 'bin it'. Benedict is okay - I knew a very nice one, always called Ben, with a bunch of sibs that also had obscure saints' names - but it's quite pompous and very Catholic, and if it were me I'd much rather be a Benjamin.
Bennett is just a surname to me, and makes me think of 'bin it'. Benedict is okay - I knew a very nice one, always called Ben, with a bunch of sibs that also had obscure saints' names - but it's quite pompous and very Catholic, and if it were me I'd much rather be a Benjamin.
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Bennett
I'd say it's the one I dislike the least rather than like the most.
Benjamin is too common for me, I grew up with so many and although most of them were alright people, they're are just way too many associations.
I really don't like the 'dict' sound at the end of Benedict, it puts me off the name despite Benedict Cumberbatch doing somewhat good things!
That leaves Bennett, which I never liked as much as Beckett or other surname-names but I heard it recently on a child of around 6 and it sounds just fine being called across a waiting room. I think sometimes it helps to hear the name be used and out of the three it's the one I would rather be calling out.
I'd say it's the one I dislike the least rather than like the most.
Benjamin is too common for me, I grew up with so many and although most of them were alright people, they're are just way too many associations.
I really don't like the 'dict' sound at the end of Benedict, it puts me off the name despite Benedict Cumberbatch doing somewhat good things!
That leaves Bennett, which I never liked as much as Beckett or other surname-names but I heard it recently on a child of around 6 and it sounds just fine being called across a waiting room. I think sometimes it helps to hear the name be used and out of the three it's the one I would rather be calling out.
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I don't enjoy Bennett at all as a given name.
Our nephew Benjamin started off as Benji but has now become Ben, except when he's naughty which is most of the time. It seems like a very long name to me, longer than Benedict which is nonsensical.
I prefer Benedict. The only thing that puts me off it is its extremely specific Christian roots. Oh, and I'd never use it anyway because of having a Beatrice daughter. Shakespeare is all very well in his place.
Our nephew Benjamin started off as Benji but has now become Ben, except when he's naughty which is most of the time. It seems like a very long name to me, longer than Benedict which is nonsensical.
I prefer Benedict. The only thing that puts me off it is its extremely specific Christian roots. Oh, and I'd never use it anyway because of having a Beatrice daughter. Shakespeare is all very well in his place.
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