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British writer and politician
Benn Wolfe Levy (7 March 1900 – 7 December 1973) was a Labour Party Member of Parliament in the House of Commons (1945–1950), and a successful playwright
Benn_Levy
1964 Australian TV series or program
of the Belt is a 1964 Australian television film based on the play by Benn Levy. Heracles and Theseus, two celebrated heroes, arrive at Themiscyra, the
The_Rape_of_the_Belt
Building by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry
Maxwell Fry between 1935 and 1936 for the politician and playwright Benn Levy. Levy House is part of a joint development with Cohen House. It was listed
66_Old_Church_Street,_Chelsea
1932 comedy horror film by James Whale
development on The Invisible Man (1933). The screenplay was written by Benn W. Levy, who had previously scripted Waterloo Bridge (1931) for Whale and Universal
The_Old_Dark_House
British politician and activist (1925–2014)
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician
Tony_Benn
American actress (1907–1977)
five seasons, and as Sara Moonlight in the 1929 play Mrs. Moonlight by Benn Levy, with which she toured the country, performing more than 500 times. After
Edith_Barrett
Building
and constructed as a private residence for Benn W. Levy in 1878 by Maitland architect J. W. Pender. Benn Levy became the head of the Cohen business in London
Cintra_House,_Maitland
American-British actress (1910–2005)
was married to the playwright and screenwriter Benn Levy from July 3, 1933 until his death in 1973. As Levy was from the UK, Cummings moved there and continued
Constance_Cummings
1930 musical
musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by Benn Levy. This was the last of three musicals written by Rodgers and Hart in London
Ever_Green
1931 play
Hollywood Holiday is a comedy play by British writers John Van Druten and Benn Levy. The play is a satire on Hollywood script-writing, and sees a female playwright's
Hollywood_Holiday
1931 film
James Whale and starring Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass. The screenplay by Benn Levy and Tom Reed is based on the 1930 play Waterloo Bridge by Robert E. Sherwood
Waterloo_Bridge_(1931_film)
British politician (1888–1988)
and Slough In office 23 February 1950 – 25 September 1964 Preceded by Benn Levy Succeeded by Anthony Meyer Member of Parliament for Leyton East In office
Fenner_Brockway
George Jeger (1945–1971) Labour MP Santo Jeger (1945–1953) Labour MP Benn Levy (1945–1950) Labour MP Marcus Lipton (1945–1978) Labour MP Ian Mikardo
List of British Jewish politicians
List_of_British_Jewish_politicians
Name list
hockey player Benn Jordan (born 1978), American modern jazz and electronic musician Benn Levy (1900–1973), British politician and playwright Benn Robinson
Benn
Character in children's books and animation
Mr Benn is a character, created by David McKee, who originally appeared in several children's books. The first, Mr Benn Red Knight, was published in 1967
Mr_Benn
1932 film
Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) is a British drama film directed by Benn W. Levy, produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Gerald du Maurier, Gertrude Lawrence
Lord_Camber's_Ladies
Canadian actor and writer (1907–1995)
Wallace (1930) Jupiter Laughs by A.J. Cronin (1944) Return to Tyassi by Benn Levy (1950) List of Canadian Academy Award winners and nominees Notes Clara
Alexander_Knox
1932 film
Deep Theatrical release poster Directed by Marion Gering Screenplay by Benn W. Levy Story by Harry Hervey Based on Sirenes et Tritons by Maurice Larrouy
Devil_and_the_Deep
of the same name. Ever Green 1930 West End Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Benn Levy Every Night at Eight 1935 Film Frederick Hollander and Paul Mertz Clifford
List_of_musicals:_A_to_L
Canadian actor (1935–2024)
Repertory Theatre for 18 months from 1960. He appeared as Heracles in Benn Levy's The Rape of the Belt and toured throughout Scotland, including Arbroath
Donald_Sutherland
1950 play
1950 play by the British writer Benn Levy. The plot concerns a woman with a shady past who attempts to redeem herself. Levy directed the play, which featured
Return_to_Tyassi
English writer (1900–1984)
Boyd Orr, H. N. Brailsford, Canon Charles E. Raven, Canon John Collins, Benn Levy, Reginald Reynolds, Lord Stansgate, Augustus John, Monica Whately, and
Ethel_Mannin
1932 film
eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the play by Benn Levy, entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May 1931. Another
Beauty_and_the_Boss
"Jackpot". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Levy, Shawn (Dec 28, 2014). "When Mike Nichols Fired Robert De Niro: Excerpt from
List of abandoned and unfinished films
List_of_abandoned_and_unfinished_films
1935 British film by Victor Saville
Dictator Swedish release poster Directed by Victor Saville Screenplay by Benn W. Levy Jan Lustig [de] Hans Wilhelm Produced by Curtis Bernhardt Ludovico Toeplitz
The_Dictator_(1935_film)
1934 film
producer Michael Balcon engaged her for Emlyn Williams' film adaptation of Benn W. Levy's stage play. Harry M. Woods added four songs, dropping a number of the
Evergreen_(film)
Lady (1943) Roy Del Ruth Ever Green (1930) Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Benn Levy Evergreen (1934) Victor Saville Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2017)
List of musicals adapted into feature films
List_of_musicals_adapted_into_feature_films
City in New South Wales, Australia
Cintra House was built for Benn Levy and Neville Cohen, who were both important Jewish merchants in Australia and internationally
Maitland,_New_South_Wales
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom 1945-1983
Election Member Party 1945 Benn Levy Labour 1950 Fenner Brockway Labour 1964 Sir Anthony Meyer Conservative 1966 Joan Lestor Labour 1983 constituency
Eton_and_Slough
1929 film
The Hate Ship Directed by Norman Walker Written by Monckton Hoffe Benn W. Levy Eliot Stannard Starring Jameson Thomas Jean Colin Jack Raine Cinematography
The_Hate_Ship
starring Walter Huston and Harry Carey Lord Camber's Ladies, directed by Benn Levy, starring Gerald du Maurier and Gertrude Lawrence – (GB) The Local Bad
1932_in_film
and Psycho writer Robert Bloch, but in the end engaged an old friend, Benn Levy to flesh out his sketchy idea. The story (inspired by English serial killers
Alfred Hitchcock's unrealized projects
Alfred_Hitchcock's_unrealized_projects
American filmmaker
1957 she worked for 20th Century Fox Television. She also co-produced Benn Levy's play Rape of the Belt on Broadway in November 1960. In 1931, she and
Harriet_Parsons
1933 film by Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Theatrical release poster Directed by D'Abbadie D'Arrast Written by Ben Hecht Benn W. Levy Charles MacArthur Based on Topaze 1928 play by Marcel Pagnol Produced
Topaze_(1933_American_film)
1929 film directed by Arthur Robison
Informer Directed by Arthur Robison Written by Liam O'Flaherty (novel) Benn W. Levy Rolf E. Vanloo Starring Lya De Putti Lars Hanson Warwick Ward Carl Harbord
The_Informer_(1929_film)
Street in London, England
politician and playwright Benn Levy lived at Number 66, which was designed in 1936 by Walter Gropius and Maxwell Fry; Levy's house formed part of a joint
Old_Church_Street
British actress (1874–1957)
Druten's Chance Acquaintance at the Criterion Theatre. In 1950, she was in Benn Levy's Return to Tyassi at the Duke of York's Theatre. Her film career began
Helen_Haye
English screenwriter (1899–1995)
to buy the film rights and adapted Bennett's play into a script, with Benn Levy doing the dialogue. His film of Blackmail (1929) is generally credited
Charles Bennett (screenwriter)
Charles_Bennett_(screenwriter)
García Lorca – When Five Years Pass (Así que pasen cinco años, written) Benn Levy - Springtime for Henry Jean Giraudoux – Judith Walter Hackett – The Gay
Timeline of twentieth-century theatre
Timeline_of_twentieth-century_theatre
The Case of Lady Camber (1920) Walter West Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) Benn Levy The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) Maclean Rogers The Cat and the Canary
List of plays adapted into feature films: A to I
List_of_plays_adapted_into_feature_films:_A_to_I
1934 British film
card Directed by Anthony Asquith Willi Forst Written by Willi Forst Benn W. Levy Walter Reisch Starring Mártha Eggerth Helen Chandler Hans Jaray Ronald
Unfinished_Symphony_(film)
Surname list
British sitcom The Last of the Summer Wine Clutterbuck, a 1946 play by Benn Levy Alice and Fred Clutterbuck, hosts of the eponymous party in the 1968 film
Clutterbuck
1941 film
egére, which was adapted into an English play titled A Church Mouse by Benn Levy in 1931 and then an American film, Beauty and the Boss, by Roy del Ruth
Frøken_Kirkemus
Little Sheba Eugène Ionesco – The Bald Soprano (La Cantatrice chauve) Benn Levy – Return to Tyassi Frederick Lonsdale – The Way Things Go Roger MacDougall
1950_in_literature
– B. S. Johnson, English novelist (suicide) (born 1933) December 7 – Benn Levy, English playwright and politician (born 1900) December 9 – Anthony Gilbert
1973_in_literature
2006 play by Alan Ayckbourn
It shares the same name and theme as the 1938 play, If I were You, by Benn Levy and Paul Hervey Fox. This play was one of several attempts Alan Ayckbourn
If_I_Were_You_(play)
February 22 – Seán Ó Faoláin, Irish short story writer (died 1991) March 7 – Benn Levy, English playwright and politician (died 1973) March 15 – Gilberto Freyre
1900_in_literature
García Lorca – When Five Years Pass (Así que pasen cinco años, written) Benn Levy - Springtime for Henry Jean Giraudoux – Judith Walter Hackett – The Gay
1931_in_literature
West End theatre in London
a (probable) poisoner, and ran from July 1957 for 212 performances. Benn Levy's comedy The Rape of the Belt was a modern treatment of a classical legend
Piccadilly_Theatre
British architect and town planner (1911–1996)
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Peter Gregory; playwright and theatre producer Benn Levy; poet, literary critic, and philosopher of modern art Herbert Read; writers
Jane_Drew
Southby, Bt Conservative Essex South East Ray Gunter Labour Eton and Slough Benn Levy Labour Evesham Rupert de la Bère Conservative Exeter John Maude Conservative
List of MPs elected in the 1945 United Kingdom general election
List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_1945_United_Kingdom_general_election
Topics referred to by the same term
a yid), a 1914 play by Sholem Aleichem If I Were You, a 1938 play by Benn Levy If I Were You (play), a 2006 play by Alan Ayckbourn If I Were You (2006
If_I_Were_You
Award
Coward, John Creasey, Roland Dorgelès, Neil Miller Gunn, Egon Hostovský, Benn Levy, Warren Lewis, Lucy Beatrice Malleson (known as Anthony Gilbert), Nancy
1973 Nobel Prize in Literature
1973_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
American radio dramatic anthology series (1947–1948)
Edna Ferber, Thomas Hardy, Prosper Mérimée, Ring Lardner, Henrik Ibsen, Benn Levy, and Malcolm Lowry. Fletcher Markle, the director, sometimes acted in
Studio_One_(radio_series)
Australian actress and theatre producer
Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill, and subsequent plays included Clutterbuck by Benn Levy, See How They Run by Philip King, and Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams
Yvonne_Banvard
Haines Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Art and Mrs. Bottle by Benn Levy The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Light Up the Sky by Moss
La Jolla Playhouse production history
La_Jolla_Playhouse_production_history
Lauri Wylie, His Majesty's Theatre, London, 1928. A Man with Red Hair, Benn W. Levy, Little Theatre, London, 1928. Mr. Pickwick, Cosmo Hamilton & Frank C
List of works by Aubrey Hammond
List_of_works_by_Aubrey_Hammond
English theater practitioner (1893–1940)
negative reviews. Topaze, written was by Marcel Pagnol and adapted by Benn Levy for the New Theatre, London, and it was reported that “the scenery was
Aubrey_Hammond
British film actor
summer stock company, where he appeared in A Bill of Divorcement and Benn Levy's Art and Mrs. Bottle. Although Waram had no contract at the start of the
Percy_Waram
1929 film by Victor Saville
Kitty Directed by Victor Saville Written by Benn Levy Violet E. Powell Marjorie Young Warwick Deeping Produced by Victor Saville Starring Estelle Brody
Kitty_(1929_film)
Australian actress and theatre director
bring theatre to Victorian country centres. Their first production was Benn Levy's Springtime for Henry. Mitchell appears not to have any substantial involvement
Irene_Mitchell
Constituency Epsom Edward Shackleton 20,533 37.8 2 Constituency Eton and Slough Benn Levy 25,711 45.5 1 Constituency Exeter Reginald Travess 15,245 40.2 2 Railwaymen
Labour Party (UK) election results (1945–1955)
Labour_Party_(UK)_election_results_(1945–1955)
British politician (born 2002)
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Sam_Carling
British politician
Service. In his leadership bid, Burnham's key economic policies included a new levy to fund social care, extending the higher minimum wage to under-25s, and
Andy_Burnham
Australian director
writer) with Sydney Players' Club at St James' Hall Art and Mrs Bottle (Benn Levy) with Sydney Players' Club at St James' Hall The Shadow of a Gunman (Seán
John_E._C._Appleton
1930 film
Temporary Widow Directed by Gustav Ucicky Written by Karl Hartl Walter Reisch Benn Levy Based on Hokuspokus 1926 play by Curt Goetz Produced by Erich Pommer Günther
The_Temporary_Widow
1934 film by Frank Tuttle
Bruce. It was based on a play of the same name by the British writer Benn W. Levy which enjoyed an eight-month run on Broadway. The film was made on a
Springtime_for_Henry
bring theatre to Victorian country centres. Their first production was Benn Levy's Springtime for Henry, directed by Randall. Frank Thring and Alan Burke
Melbourne_Little_Theatre
1934 film by Norman Z. McLeod
American pre-Code musical film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Benn W. Levy, Frank Leon Smith, and Jane Storm. The film stars Lanny Ross, Charlie
Melody_in_Spring
1812–1815 conflict in North America
Hickey 2012, p. 153. Benn 2002, pp. 55–56. Benn 2002, p. 56. Leckie 1998, p. 255. Benn 2002, pp. 56–57. Benn 2002, p. 57. Benn 2002, p. 57; Riggs 2015
War_of_1812
British politician (born 1998)
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Keir_Mather
Imperial dynasty of China (618–907)
pp. 168–169. Benn 2002, pp. 39, 170. Benn 2002, pp. 22, 32. Benn 2002, pp. 16, 90. Benn 2002, pp. 173–174. Benn 2002, pp. 149–152. Benn 2002, p. 149.
Tang_dynasty
1931 film
reported the original story "Strange Women" was written by Lebedeff and Benn W. Levy. In addition to Strange Women, working titles included Woman Pursued
The_Gay_Diplomat
Australian actress (1927-2013)
Powell on 2GB. On stage she acted with Hollywood comedian Mischa Auer in Benn Levy's comedy Springtime For Henry, which played at the Theatre Royal, Sydney
Kerry_Norton-Smyser
Left-wing grouping within Labour Party
left MPs, led by Neil Kinnock, refused to back Tony Benn's campaign, leading a number of left-wing Benn-supporting MPs to split from the Tribune Group to
Socialist_Campaign_Group
Scottish politician (born 1994)
"mythical". Black describes herself as a "traditional socialist", citing Tony Benn as her enduring political hero – despite his opposition to Scottish independence
Mhairi_Black
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2025
Cooper Alexander Benn Thornberry Nandy Lammy Mitchell Patel v t e Babies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Dickson Levy-Lawson Gordon-Lennox
David_Lammy
British politician (born 1996)
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Nadia_Whittome
British newspaper proprietor
Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham, GCMG, CH, TD, JP, DL (18 December 1862 – 20 July 1933), was a British newspaper proprietor. He
Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham
Harry_Levy-Lawson,_1st_Viscount_Burnham
British politician (1898–1958)
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Arthur_Evans_(politician)
Topics referred to by the same term
adaptations of the play Lord Camber's Ladies, a 1932 British film directed by Benn W. Levy The Story of Shirley Yorke, a 1948 British film directed by Maclean Rogers
The_Case_of_Lady_Camber
American painter, photographer, and gallery owner (1857–1938)
Olcott. In addition to these portraits, he also painted a portrait of Samuel Benn, a pioneer of Aberdeen, Washington, and made a posthumous painting of Seattle
Elbridge_Willis_Moore
Country in northwestern Europe
Empire Volume III. Oxford University Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-19-924678-6. Benn, David Wedgwood (March 2012). "The Crimean War and its lessons for today"
United_Kingdom
Parliamentarian group in UK supporting closer ties with Israel
Jonathan Reynolds Labour (unless otherwise stated) Fleur Anderson Hilary Benn As of June 2026, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Bryant Liam
Labour_Friends_of_Israel
1929 film by Alfred Hitchcock
trade advert Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay by Alfred Hitchcock Benn W. Levy Based on Blackmail (play) by Charles Bennett Produced by John Maxwell
Blackmail_(1929_film)
Scottish politician
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Malcolm_Macmillan
British horror media franchise
Rage Virus. Chaos erupts as a second outbreak begins, and Major Scarlet Levy of the US Army must protect the children, believing they hold a potential
28_Days_Later_(film_series)
British-American journalist and novelist
feeling that "they wanted to perpetuate the image". Labour politician Tony Benn though, one of her subjects and a friend of her husband, persuaded Crosland
Susan_Crosland
Stadium in London, England
On 15 November 2025, Chris Eubank Jr vs Conor Benn 2 was held at the stadium in front of 65,000. Benn won the fight by unanimous decision. On 11 April
Tottenham_Hotspur_Stadium
British politician
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Edward Carson (Conservative politician)
Edward_Carson_(Conservative_politician)
British politician (1915–2006)
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
John_Profumo
Stanley McGeagh". Mannings Funerals. Retrieved 2025-08-21. "Ray Brooks, 'Mr Benn' Narrator and 'The Knack … and How to Get It' Actor, Dies at 86". The Hollywood
2025_in_film
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
pp. 12–13. Chernow 2010, p. 692; Cooke 2002, p. 12. Ellis 2004, p. 225. Benn 1993, p. 17. Elkins & McKitrick 1995, ch. 9. Chernow 2010, p. 730. Ferling
George_Washington
British politician, broadcaster, and writer (born 1954)
interviews, and hearing character testimony from former cabinet minister Tony Benn, among others. The following day, the committee unanimously found Galloway
George_Galloway
American clinical genetic testing company
Zachary; Siddiqui, Asim; Rabinowitz, Matthew; Gross, Susan J.; Hill, Matthew; Benn, Peter (2015-03-01). "Expanding the scope of noninvasive prenatal testing:
Natera
British politician and publisher (1898–1978)
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere
Esmond_Harmsworth,_2nd_Viscount_Rothermere
British businessman and a Conservative Party politician
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Basil_de_Ferranti
English sports presenter and commentator
huge nationwide audiences for boxing contests involving the likes of Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Naseem Hamed, then the likes of Amir Khan and Joe Calzaghe
Jim_Rosenthal
Play written by Jules Romains
survived. Romains, Jules (1925). Doctor Knock: A Comedy in Three Acts. Ernest Benn, Limited. Purdom, C. B. (1955). Harley Granville Barker : Man of the Theatre
Doctor_Knock
English businessman and Conservative politician
Eresby C. Taylor Macmillan Profumo Millington Carson Jenkins Baker Benn Teevan Benn Eden Woollam Clarke Kirk Kimball Cooke Ferranti Wolrige-Gordon Channon
Charles Taylor (Conservative politician)
Charles_Taylor_(Conservative_politician)
BENN LEVY
BENN LEVY
Surname or Lastname
English (southwest)
English (southwest) : topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, a variant of Fenn.German : topographic name from Middle High German, Middle Low German venne ‘pit’, ‘moor’, or ‘water meadow’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from various places, for example Penn in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire, named with the Celtic element pen ‘hill’, which was apparently adopted in Old English.English : metonymic occupational name for an impounder of stray animals, from Middle English, Old English penn ‘(sheep) pen’.English : pet form of Parnell.German : from Sorbian pien ‘tree stump’, probably a nickname for a short stocky person.Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.The Commonwealth of PA was founded in 1681 by an English Quaker, William Penn (1644–1718), who was born in London into a family of Gloucestershire origin. His grandfather was a merchant and sea captain, and his father was an admiral on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War, who later served King Charles II after the Restoration. Because of his father’s services to the crown, Penn the younger received a grant of a vast tract of land in North America, formerly part of New Netherland, which later became the state of PA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Middle English personal name Benne, which is in part a short form of Benedict and in part a form of the Old Norse personal name Bjorn meaning ‘bear cub’, ‘warrior’.North German : from a short form of the personal name Bernhard.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, from Middle English fenn ‘marsh’, ‘bog’.South German : topographic name from Old High German fenni, Middle Low German and Old Frisian fenne ‘bog’. Compare Fehn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 1.German : perhaps from Bunde 1.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Abbreviation of benjamin and benedict
Female
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Béibhinn, BÉBINN means "fair lady."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bone 1.German : variant of Bonitz.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Benn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of beans, from Old English bēan ‘beans’ (a collective singular). Occasionally it may have been applied as a nickname for a someone considered of little importance.English : nickname for a pleasant person, from Middle English bēne ‘friendly’, ‘amiable’ (of unknown origin; there is apparently no connection with Bain or Bon).Scottish : Anglicized form of the Gaelic personal name Beathán, a diminutive of beatha ‘life’.Translation of German Bohne, or an altered spelling of Biehn. See also Bihn.Mistranslation of French Lefevre. As the vocabulary word fèvre ‘smith’ was replaced by forgeron, the meaning of the old word became opaque, and the surname was reinterpreted as if it were La fève, from fève ‘(fava) bean’. Lefevre is the most common name in French Canada; great numbers of them migrated to the US, where many adopted the name Bean, in the belief that it was a translation of Lefèvre. See also Lafave.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Benney.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Jen, JENN means "white and smooth."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant of Lynn.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Len.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, English, German, Hebrew, Swedish
Born of the Right Hand; Abbreviation of Benjamin and Benedict; Son
Girl/Female
Indian
Venus, Flute, Created with immense power
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : from the Middle English personal name Henn(e), a short form of Henry.English (chiefly West Midlands) : from Middle English hen(e) ‘hen’ (Old English henn, related to hana ‘cock’), applied as a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or seller of poultry or as a nickname, perhaps for a fussy man.English (chiefly West Midlands) : from a short form of the personal name Johannes (see John); or a variant of Hein.English (chiefly West Midlands) : variant of Henne 1 and 3.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land on which grew bent grass, rushes, or reeds (Middle English bent).
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornish)
English (Cornish) : from a short form of the female personal name Jennifer, from Welsh Gwenhwyfar (see Gaynor). Until the 19th century Jennifer was a characteristically Cornish name.German : of uncertain origin; possibly from a Celtic root or from a short form of Heinrich (see Henry) or Johannes (see John).
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : nickname from been ‘leg’, probably a nickname for a cripple.Dutch : occupational name for a butcher.Dutch : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names beginning with the element Ber(n)- ‘bear’, as for example Bernhard.English : variant spelling of Bean.
Boy/Male
English
Abbreviation of Benjamin and Benedict.
BENN LEVY
BENN LEVY
Girl/Female
Indian
One Rag in Indian Music; Siva Parvati
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Expert, Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Worshipper; Devotee
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
Grand, Goddess Parvati, Splendid
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Slave of the Guide
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Indian saint in , Great, Famous sufi saint
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chithramani | சிதà¯à®°à®¾à®®à®¨à¯€
Name of a Raga
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n.
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy.
v.
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
a.
Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.
a. & p. p.
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
n.
Alt. of Ben
v. t.
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
n.
A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
n.
See Benne.
a. & p. p.
Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.