Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin ...

is a given name, either as a formal name in its own right, or as a shortened version of various given names. Ben or BEN may also refer to:

Places

* Ben, Burkina Faso, a city * Ben, County Westmeath, St. Feighin's, Ireland * Ben, Iran, a city * Ben, Ohio, US * Ben District, Iran * ''Ben'' is Gaelic for "mountain", as in Ben Nevis and some other mountains and hills of Scotland and

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

* Bens Peak, a summit in Nevada, US

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Ben'' (Jorge Ben album), 1972 * ''Ben'' (Macklemore album), 2023 * ''Ben'' (Michael Jackson album), 1972 * "(Ben)", a song by Avail from '' 4am Friday'' * "BEN" (song), 2012, by Adair Lion * "Ben" (song), by Michael Jackson for the 1972 film ''Ben''

People

* Ben (German singer), Bernhard AML Blümel *

Ben (South Korean singer) Lee Eun-young (; born July 30, 1991), better known by her stage name Ben, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. She made her official debut in October 2012, with their first extended play ''147.5''. As of 2024 she released one studio album, f ...

, Lee Eun-young (born 1991) * The Bens, musical trio Ben Lee, Ben Folds and Ben Kweller

Film and television

* ''Ben'', 2018 French TV series directed by Akim Isker * ''Ben'' (1972 film), an American horror film * Ben (2015 film), a Malayalam children's film * '' Ben 10'', TV series about cartoon character Ben Tennyson * BEN Television, UK channel * Kylo Ren, born Ben Solo, in ''Star Wars''

Comics

* ''Ben'' (comic strip)

Business

* Ben NL, a Dutch virtual mobile network * Bens De Luxe Delicatessen & Restaurant, Montreal, Canada * Ben's Kosher Deli, NY and Florida *

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Bengali language Bengali, also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Bangla (, , ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. ...

, ben, ISO 639 alpha-3 code *

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

's ISO 3-letter country code * Benalla railway station, Australia * Benina International Airport, Benghazi, Libya, IATA code * Bentleigh railway station, Melbourne

Other uses

* Ben (Armenian letter), a letter of the Armenian alphabet * Ben (Hebrew), "son", in names * BEN domain, a protein domain * Benefactive case in grammar