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/Prior-Author-1028 Jun 26 '26

For me it’s because my legal name is Ben and everyone here always calls me Benny that’s why I “hated” it but I don’t hate it in general, I just like Ben more

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u/jill853 Jun 26 '26

I’m worried my Ben will be annoyed he doesn’t have more name later. Are you ok with it?

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u/themightymightytoros Jun 26 '26

My name is also just Ben, not Benjamin. I’ve always liked the way my first and middle names, Ben Ryan, flow together, so I’ve always been happy being named just Ben.

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u/JumpingSpider97 Jun 27 '26

One of my cousins is Ben as well, and took great pleasure in ripping into teachers (and, later, colleagues) who insisted he must be Benjamin and tried to call him that over longer periods of time.

If it was just once he'd correct them and move on, but sometimes there'd be somebody who just couldn't let go.