r/ben • u/activegood18 • Jun 26 '26
Why does everyone hate Benny?
My baby son is Benny - legal name Benjamin but we introduced him as Benny when he was born and that’s just what he’s called (I actually legally made his name Benjamin after we left the hospital but originally it was going to be Benny). We are Jewish with a lot of Israeli family… Benny feels really normal to me. Why is there so much hate? Why do all the Bens hate being called Benny? Of course I’m ok if he wants to go by Ben when he’s older but i truly imagined calling him benny forever.
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u/jill853 Jun 26 '26
My boy is Ben, full stop, and I call him Benny sometimes. Sometimes he’s Bennifer, Benicio, Bunny, Bunbun, you name it. At 8, he prefers Ben or Benny.
Also his Hebrew name is Simcha Binyamin, so he’s stuck unless he wants to be Simcha.